Economists say Egypt's military rulers contributed to the strain by shunning the planned loan from the I.M.F. last June, when it could have provided badly needed hard currency and a financial seal of approval that might have helped reassure foreign investors and aid donors.
Christian rulers proved to be as intolerant as previous rulers, probably contributing to the dominance of Islam in the Middle East starting in the 7th century CE.
Maliciousness, profiteering and willful ignorance on the part of our political and corporate rulers undoubtedly contribute to worsening injustice.
Kasza shows how, in the hands of despotic rulers, AMOs have contributed to the extremes of political barbarism characteristic of the twentieth century.
In addition, his love of power, typical of all the rulers of his dynasty, contributed to conduct often characterized by recklessness and indiscretion.
Pressure by Home Rulers on the British contributed to the drafting of the Montagu Declaration in 1917 by Edwin Samuel Montagu, secretary of state for India, which in turn laid the groundwork for political reforms in India instituted by Britain after World War I.
On the other hand, however, the king or other central ruler might also contribute to the shrines of local cults.
In addition, East Oweinat, a desert region in the deep south, is to be irrigated not from the Nile but from underground aquifers.The Toshka canal is named after Sheikh Zayed, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, who contributed to its construction.
Saddam became an unwelcome reminder of aspects of western foreign policy that were becoming embarrassing, because our support of such rulers in the Middle East has contributed to our present predicament.
Michael Shishman is considered a vain, aggressive, and opportunistic ruler, whose Protean foreign policy perhaps contributed to the battle that put an end to his life.
