They knew she had earned the right to face the country in an election one last time, rather than be deposed by the supposed lieutenants in her own party.
They will see pesky old public opinion as an irritation rather than an intractable problem, although deposing the now hugely popular Syriza – as Brussels did in Greece and Italy in 2011 with the imposition of the interim administrations of Papademos and Monti – is no longer an option.
Many of America's allies have been too keen to worry about the challenge of deposing Saddam, rather than considering the still greater challenge of living with the nuclear Iraq that he is trying to create.
By placing himself under the rule of the Eastern Emperor, rather than naming himself Emperor (as other Germanic chiefs had done after deposing past Emperors), Odoacer ended the Western Empire by ending the line of Western Emperors.
The rebel leaders envision a parliamentary rather than a presidential system, largely because there was a parliament under King Idris, whom Gaddafi deposed in a bloodless coup in 1969.
In an edition earlier this year, the magazine welcomed the Arab revolts that deposed presidents Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia as an opportunity rather than a setback for radical militancy, despite the negligible role of extremists in the uprisings.
The Federation was inaugurated in 2439 following a coup deposing the last Terran Emperor Dramon Salaria in 2437 and was established to encourage commercial competition rather than full-scale wars between its constituent parties.
Impressive rather than engaging.
rather than Amazon.co.uk.
Rather than going stiff".
