The presidents — of Guinea, Niger, Ivory Coast and Benin — may be democratic exemplars in Washington, but these heroes of the ballot box maintain shaky holds on power, pointing to the tenuousness of democracy in parts of the continent.
Where he ate, what he ate, who cooked it — all were properly political questions for a leader trying to maintain shaky unity between Hindus and Muslims, while engaged in a battle against the caste system, which was one of the foundations of Hindu belief.
UN observers must be swiftly deployed to Syria or "other options" will be considered, President Bashar al-Assad was warned as western countries kept up pressure on him to maintain a shaky ceasefire and comply with an internationally backed peace plan to end the crisis.
The Saudis have traditionally sought to buy off as many tribal and political forces as they can in Yemen -- Sunni or Shiite -- to try to maintain their shaky and shifting form of dominance.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The race for the Republican presidential nomination took a turn toward the South Carolina surreal Thursday as Rick Perry dropped out, Newt Gingrich faced stunning allegations from an ex-wife and Mitt Romney struggled to maintain a shaky front-runner's standing.
Almost until the end, "Loverboy" maintains a shaky integrity.
The core group, under Chung Mong Hun, maintained a shaky hold on second place, after Samsung.
The Lions scored 20 straight points in the first 15 1/2 minutes of the second half to take a 30-20 lead, which they were easily able to maintain against the shaky Rams, who had won seven straight games.
Bidding to reach her first major quarterfinal since she won the 2008 French Open, Ivanovic must play boldly, attack with her forehand, and maintain her sometime shaky nerve to have a shot at the upset.
Thom Geier, writing for Entertainment Weekly, wrote, "Scarlett Johansson brings a fierce fighting spirit to Maggie the Cat in director Rob Ashford's languorous revival... Johansson shows a winning determination – to lure back her husband, to defend their share of his family's fortune, to maintain a sometimes shaky Southern accent".
Despite this more diversified tax structure, the Muromachi regime maintained only a shaky hold on the nation.
