Sentence examples for was making a power from inspiring English sources

Saddam was making a power grab.

Dudley Humphrey, a North Carolina lawyer who is a member of the bar association task force that drafted the proposal, said the government was making a power grab.

Each of the main political umbrella parties picked a candidate for commission president, with the understanding that the Spitzenkandidat of the largest grouping would be the parliament's nominee to run the commission".Who put this in the treaty?" a bemused Mrs Merkel is said to have asked confidants when she realised that the European Parliament was making a power grab.

"For Hu to visit the United States would be unseemly -- as if he were making a power grab," Mr. Fewsmith said.

One is that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner is making a power grab and doesn't mind that these roles aren't filled.

Health care providers said Mr. Rosch and the Federal Trade Commission were making a power grab that could jeopardize the success of accountable care organizations.

The White House, Mr. Feingold said Friday in an interview, "has identified the one major remaining weakness in the Democratic Party, and that's its unwillingness to stand up to the administration when it's making a power grab regarding terrorism and national security".

The C.I.A. has run foreign intelligence operations from American embassies since the 1940s, and agency officials fear that Mr. Blair and his Office of the Director of National Intelligence are making a power play that could jeopardize longstanding relationships with foreign intelligence services.

The station also has argued that the EPA is making a "power grab" by trying to establish new rules on waterways under the Clean Water Act, and that the Obama administration is creating a "regulation nation".

Democrats said that Brewer was making a political power play to gain more seats for Republicans.

The Penn State defensive lineman Courtney Brown was making an overwhelming power rush despite being triple-teamed, displaying his raw talent that has scouts drooling.