Though he commanded only 90 acres in the grim, industrial Black Country, Drabble's influence was immense and his practical experience of commerce, conservation, agriculture, landscaping and the media made him unique.
Herkus Monte, who was educated in Germany, became the best known and most successful of the leaders, but he commanded only his Natangians.
He was newly returned to a forward base he had commanded only a few years earlier.
Her minority coalition, of Labour and the one-man Progressive Party, commands only 51 votes in the 121-seat parliament.
The next most costly series to advertisers, "Desperate Housewives," commands only about two-thirds as much per commercial, even though it draws more viewers.
For all its new lines of business, the company still gets some 88percentt of its revenues from image licenses, yet commands only about 11percentt of that market.
China argues it is not an island at all but a rock, incapable of sustaining human habitation, and so, under UNCLOS, commands only territorial waters, not an EEZ.
While Kavalan commands only a small share of the local market, it has its sights set on the tens of millions of whisky drinkers in mainland China.
His government commands only a minority in parliament, and has seen its popularity undermined badly by sleaze allegations and a weak economy.
