Sentence examples for govern in the face of from inspiring English sources

But it was unable to govern in the face of Western opposition and in 2007 took power in the Gaza Strip by force, deepening the political split.

He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional obstructionism.

But Mr. Clinton has also complained that he was forced to govern in the face of opposition far more implacable than that confronted by most of his predecessors, and in the face of a culture of investigation that has seemed to overtake Washington in the last decade.

As the Obama administration lunges ever more rightward day by day, revealing Obama's unwillingness even to try to govern in the face of Republican obduracy, all that remains in Obama's favor is the incontrovertible argument that he's "better than Bush".

Mr. Jonathan cannot govern effectively in the face of active opposition by Mr. Buhari and his talakawa — or commoners — movement.

Last week Tsipras, unable to maintain a governing majority in the face of his party rebels, called a snap general election and resigned.

And is it following the laws governing self-defense in the face of an imminent threat, or the laws of war, which allow a much broader use of lethal force?

Keeping the public on her side will be essential for President Rousseff to govern effectively in 2012 in the face of a world economic environment likely to remain difficult.

Faced with the near-insurmountably difficult task of governing for the past two years in the face of an historic recession, twin Middle Eastern military quagmires and widespread national political disillusionment, it seems to some that President Obama would be much better off as a figurehead.

The International Foundation for Internal Freedom advanced a similar argument back in the 1960s, but a rattled governing elite was then not persuaded, in the face of protests against the Vietnam war and demands from blacks, feminist women, and some of the young.

Such code has evolved in the face of the governing party's efforts to keep peace and power by papering over ethnic identity and pushing a cult of nationalism.