31.   It assumed unconditional power to do its work.

32.   Lee has also presided over a doubling of Taiwanese living standards since he assumed power.

33.   Like her counterpart at The Washington Post, Mrs. Noma met with some resistance when she assumed power.

34.   Members of that generation then beginning to assume national power had survived a depression together and fought a war together.

35.   Now that a new government has assumed power, it has a timely opportunity to open those prison doors.

36.   Now the U.N. Security Council is expected to authorize an international security force to maintain stability in Kabul as the new administration assumes power.

37.   Part of the problem has been that the government of President Mireya Moscoso assumed power only last September and is still feeling its way.

38.   Over the last six years, Assad carefully prepared a path for his untested son, Bashar, to assume power.

39.   Part of my admonishment to her was the often-used tale that Adolf Hitler assumed power by a single vote.

40.   Political experts in China and Taiwan said the varying statements during the last two days were predictable as the sides continued to test each other as Chen assumed power.