Sentence examples for reign of state from inspiring English sources

Saddam Hussein led a Sunni elite which governed Iraq's Shia majority with a reign of state terror.

In his restrained account of his father's final days and their aftermath, Abad gives us a glimpse of the mute panic and shattering of self-respect that comes from living under a daily reign of state terror.

This phenomenon of Superpower is, as Wolin explains, simply incompatible with a democratic system, as is the Republican party's open attempt to create a "permanent majority" to solidify its hold on the reigns of state power.

His main fault was weakness; throughout most of his reign, matters of state were handled by favourites, some of whom were incompetent or outright fools.

In a "spasm of military fury", the regime crushes its perceived foes and begins "a reign of professional state terror".

You overlook the easiest way to end the reign of entrenched state senators and assemblymen: term limits.

We are talking about increases in violent crime, over 400 uninvestigated sex crimes and over $50 million in legal pay outs to settle hundreds of lawsuits -- all of which occurred during Sheriff Arpaio's reign of incompetence," stated Mary Lou Boettcher, founder of the Mesa Women's Republican Caucus and Board Member of CBA.

By the reign of Aurelian, the state had begun to distribute the annona as a daily ration of bread baked in state factories, and added olive oil, wine, and pork to the dole.

Speaking as someone who had a fairly good seat throughout the grand spectacle of Blagojevich's six-year reign of error over state government, I have two thoughts on this topic.

According to this plan, Libya could subsequently try Mr. Qaddafi, who is 39, in a domestic court dealing with a far wider range of allegations of crimes during his father's reign, including corruption, abuse of state funds, killings and torture.

After Pope Francis' solemn inauguration mass, attended by six reigning monarchs, 31 heads of state and representatives of 132 governments, he will become head of state of the world's smallest sovereign enclave, Vatican City, as well as spiritual leader of an estimated 1.2 billion Catholics scattered over every continent.