WHEN Iran's clergy swept to power, proclaiming Islamic rule and people's democracy, many thought they would be lucky if they lasted months.
Having decided to spend their first moments in power proclaiming their devotion to the Constitution, Republican leaders might at least have read the whole thing.
Lenin died in 1924, and Stalin, after maneuvering into power, proclaimed that global revolution was not necessary, and that the socialist utopia could be established in one country, the U.S.S.R.
"I wanted people to see how beautiful, happy, funny, and open they are," Power proclaimed.
The cluster-bombing of civilians by an invading force proclaiming its superior power is an outrage against humanity and the Geneva Convention.
By 1750 he had sufficiently consolidated his power to proclaim himself as vakīl (regent) for the Ṣafavid Esmāʿīl III.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A historic presidential election intended to unify this long-divided nation slipped further into uncertainty on Thursday, as a heated tug of war emerged over who had the power to proclaim a winner.
The move was doubly surprising as Morsi, who has had the power to proclaim laws since the parliament's lower house was dissolved in June, has been extremely circumspect in the use of his authority.
Half a world away, inside the Vatican, yet another enormous box arrived filled with petitions asking Pope John Paul II to exercise his absolute power to proclaim a new and highly debated dogma: that the Virgin Mary is a co-redeemer with Jesus and cooperates fully with her son in the redemption of mankind.
That made the attack deeply symbolic, since Uday, 38, has used his father's power to proclaim himself the czar of Iraqi sports -- with the malevolent twist that several of the sports buildings he controls, according to Iraqis and countless Western human rights reports, have been used as centers for torturing all who vex the younger Mr. Hussein.
