Sentence examples for power establishing from inspiring English sources

In 1971, Gen. Idi Amin seized power, establishing a decade-long reign of terror.

But the authoritarian president has since pushed them out of power, establishing firm control over the country.

In 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Derg disintegrated and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front took power, establishing a parliamentary republic.

A joint declaration to be signed by the two leaders at a UK-France summit will signal a shared commitment to civil nuclear power, establishing a framework for co-operation on security, research and development, education and training.

At the ceremony for Mr. Negroponte, Mr. Powell said the administration would follow a "five-step strategy" after June 30, when Iraqi sovereignty is restored: transferring power, establishing security, building a new infrastructure, getting more international support and supporting a process of democratization.

In addition, the arm of the federal government reached into the area of electric power, establishing in 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which was to cover a seven-state area and supply cheap electricity, prevent floods, improve navigation, and produce nitrates.

The remedies are to disperse power, establish the rule of law and encourage private enterprise.

And their loyalty is based on the belief that they would lose everything if he were to be overthrown and a new dispensation of power established in Baghdad.

And with that stance, Mukasey seems intent to continue to serve - as Leahy recently described him - as "caretaker for the regime of excessive executive power established by the Bush administration".

The meetings are regarded as the strongest evidence to date that Kim Jong Il, until the summit meeting a mysterious recluse who ruled his country with the totalitarian power established by his father, Kim Il Sung, is committed to rapprochement.

Succumbing at last to the Lombard power established at Capua and Benevento, Naples saw the Lombards dispossessed, in turn, by the Norman conquests that swept southern Italy in the 12th century.