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Should be abandon them, so that we appear to be in the ritual of leaving power and all, and so -- what they call power.
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A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power.
AS SEEN ON TV: SADDAM HUSSEIN Toby O'B 2010
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We will discover that ethnic groups will continue multiplying their numbers for a greater ‘share’ of the commons, which translates to short term power.
Part 3--An examination of the Tragedy of the Commons: freedom to breed 2009
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It really kind of, in one word, just kind of says exactly what D.C. is all about and that's power, but it's not just the power of the monuments and the cherry blossoms and the museums, it's the power about the great historic neighborhoods and great restaurants and we'll be able to highlight all those through the unique use of the word power.
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Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought his party regime to long-term power.
Think Progress » Parkinson Foundation Debunks Limbaugh’s False Smears of Michael J. Fox 2006
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Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought his party regime to long-term power.
Think Progress » Parkinson Foundation Debunks Limbaugh’s False Smears of Michael J. Fox 2006
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The idea of liberty, applied metaphorically to the will, has sprung from a misconception of the meaning of the word power.
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Injured pride was more immediate than long-term power.
Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988
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Mandelstam himself is one of the most powerful Russian poets of all time, in every connotation of the word power.
Mandelstam's Power Malia, Martin 1972
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He had taken Chico with him so the office was quiet enough for me to finish It pays to increase your word power.
Funeral In Berlin Deighton, Len, 1929- 1964
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