"He's got a much stronger hand" for controlling the pace of American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In the absence of presidential leadership, the Republicans have a much stronger hand.
Constantine should have a much stronger hand for Game 2 on Friday night.
Kalita opened the West hand with one club, which usually means that he has a balanced hand with 12-14 points, but he could have a much stronger hand.
In practice, however, since the fiscal crisis of the 1970's, mayors have had a much stronger hand in negotiating Board of Education labor contracts than the board itself.
Only 12 or 13 points were acceptable, but a much stronger hand, even one that was unbalanced with a long minor, was also fine.
But in the longer run, should EchoStar turn out to have over-reached, Mr Murdoch knows full well that he could walk back in with his chequebook open this time, as the only bidder, with a much stronger hand.
The scheme is "win-win", says Roberto Terziani of Telemar: the owners swap power for a bigger economic stake, the preference shareholders do the reverse.Telemar's decision will probably start a negotiation in which preference shareholders now have a much stronger hand, says Alexandre Garcia of Ágora, a brokerage.
Some members of Congress said Mr. Obama's team would have also been better off taking a much stronger hand in writing the original House bill, keeping out provisions that Republicans would later use to portray it as stuffed with pork and programs that had little to do with the economy, though top administration officials said they had sound strategic reasons for not doing so.
If he is to succeed, he needs a much stronger hand than he has at present.In this section Blair, the BBC and the war In a stew The small candle of non-violence To arms Gaming the rules Reprints Related items Palestinian ceasefire: Bending in the windJul 24th 2003The onus, at this point, is squarely on Mr Sharon to help Mr Abbas keep alight the dim flame of non-violence.
