1.   The government had centralized political power and imposed rigid controls on economic activity.

2.   But it also virtually gutted local governments, centralized power in Sacramento and created a proliferation of new taxing authorities.

3.   Gingrich had centralized power, leaving many chairmen grumbling about micromanagement.

4.   He has centralized power, surrounded himself with tough-minded ministers and bullied public-sector unions and the judiciary.

5.   He admitted that many outlying neighborhoods have suffered from centralized power, particularly places torn apart by immense city works projects like highways.

6.   He wanted complete party loyalty and highly centralized power in order to pursue anchoring a united Germany in Europe.

7.   Other experts say corruption can be beaten down only by building up African institutions and reinforcing democratic checks on highly centralized executive power.

8.   Rosugol, like many bureaucracies here, has retained great centralized power despite the move toward a market economy.

9.   Still, he brought stability to the Jets franchise by having a centralized power running the football end of the operation.

10.   The stalemate between Cardoso and the defiant governors has reverberated throughout Latin America, where any challenge to centralized power is always viewed nervously.