But now the Kremlin must cope with growing resentment in mostly ethnic Russian regions like Stavropol, which lies at the edge of the Caucasus mountain range.
And, with growing resentment, many here acknowledge that weaker economies will look to Germany to perform yet one more miracle, after postwar revival and the huge costs of reunification.
Those close to him say the mere mention of her name could make him fume, and he viewed her family's potent, sometimes punishing political machinery with growing resentment.
For the past year, executives at big media companies have watched Netflix with growing resentment — for its success in delivering movies and television shows via the Internet, for its stock price nearly quadrupling, for its chief executive being named businessperson of the year by Fortune magazine.
The arrests represent a significant shift for the Bahraini government, which has been faced with growing resentment from the majority Shia population, who allege discrimination by the ruling Sunni royal family.
In "Rosetta," a young woman (Émilie Dequenne, the best-actress winner at Cannes in 1999) struggles with a growing resentment of her alcoholic mother, who stands between her and her desperate longing for a "normal" life.
Much was made about Glenda's interest in a woman named Iris and, most important, Penny's growing resentment of the time Glenda was spending with Sarah.
By the end of the '60s, fights with Marvel over money and growing resentment over Stan Lee's celebrity led Kirby to an unthinkable defection to the competition.
Perhaps hardest of all to acknowledge is that the social democrats have not come up with a confident response to growing resentment in Europe about its problems in integrating Muslim immigrants.
The growing resentment of the government is undermining conservation efforts, too, with villagers grumbling about not seeing a trace of the oil money and saying Mr. Bongo should not lecture them about poaching for a living.
