1.   He was also utterly allergic to the suggestion that de Gaulle or anybody else could have legitimacy until the French people had expressed their preferences in democratic fashion.

2.   Art is the one arena in which trickle-down theory has legitimacy.

3.   Authoritarian regimes, having little legitimacy, can almost never admit a mistake.

4.   Because it had no legitimacy in Lebanese society it had no roots, and therefore no staying power.

5.   Because most of the governors are elected, they have a legitimacy that it would be hard for the Kremlin to undo legally.

6.   Both issues have some legitimacy irrespective of race, which facilitates their use as surrogates for prejudice.

7.   But for now only the Constitutional Court has the legitimacy to build the legal foundation of the new South Africa.

8.   Elected leaders have a legitimacy that no appointed official has.

9.   He also needs a fair trial, one that has visible legitimacy.

10.   He has legitimacy.