71.   The Kremlin had already consolidated significant power in Parliament and did not need to shake it up to ensure smooth passage of legislation, he said.

72.   The new elected leadership, if it is able to consolidate power, will still have to show its colors and its ability.

73.   The Taliban were consolidating their power over the country.

74.   Their functions, the officials suggested, could be turned over to City Hall, a move that would consolidate power under the mayor.

75.   They seem, however, to be consolidating church power to themselves and trying to recover the cultural authority they sense white, Protestant, heterosexual men have lost.

76.   To consolidate power, some analysts say, Shevardnadze forged deals with political and criminal cliques, including those who are allegedly involved in arms smuggling in Pankisi.

77.   To still others, these elections are about consolidating the power the ethnically divided country grants them.

78.   Under Suharto, this role was skewed to make the military the instrument of the repression with which he consolidated his power.

79.   While Republicans are consolidating their power, Democrats are floundering.

80.   Within two years he had consolidated all power in his own hands.