"But the Empire's not toppled yet," says Marvel.
But it has not toppled them, and as things stand it seems to be fading.
Trees not toppled stood as ghoulish sentries; shorn of their leaves, bark and all but the biggest of their branches, they looked like skeletons under surrender.
Indeed, had the Libor scandal not toppled Bob Diamond, the revelation of a shortfall so large would surely have propelled him out of the door.
The party is anxious that MPs are not toppled for policy reasons by well funded populist campaigns as has happened in the US.
Rating agencies say political uncertainty could dent the AAA rating.In this section Waving but then drowning Cliffhangers Wobbled, not toppled Military meddles What comes next The ayes have it Kicking against austerity ReprintsYet some ministers feel relief.
Yet Mr Aliev also praised the election; his concessions may be aimed merely at regaining credibility lost by cack-handed cheating.Assuming that he is not toppled, the country's future will depend on how enlightened Mr Aliev now becomes.
In a recession that shuttered longtime manufacturers, reshaped whole industries and sent millions of people looking for work, one might expect a company that makes $100,000 harps to be wobbling at the knees, if not toppled over by now.
"Phantom Menace," despite all the approbation, was a major financial success, holding box-office records that were not toppled until last November's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and this month's "Spider-Man".
"If our regime is not toppled by some of these measures being carried out under the pretext of 'preserving the system', it's very unlikely that anything else could overthrow it, even a military attack," he adds.
Unlike many of their counterparts in Africa, they have stayed in the barracks and not toppled a civilian head of state (although some junior officers attempted a putsch that was swiftly put down in August 1982).
