101.   In any event, the leaders of the strike considered the day a success, saying the message had been sent that they wield significant power.

102.   In collectivist Asian regimes, those wielding political power set rules that the polity must unquestioningly accept.

103.   In most Japanese banks, the president wields more power than the chairman.

104.   In his six years as secretary, Gelbard has wielded a power that his critics said went well beyond his clerical duties.

105.   In Syria in particular, and across the Middle East, these forces wield great power, and crossing them can be a risky business.

106.   In the Senate, in particular, individual lawmakers wield wide power and can gum up the works regardless of the merit of legislation or record of nominees.

107.   In the Arab world, Syria is comparable to neighboring Iraq, where a small clan of Sunni Muslims wield power in Baghdad over a Shiite Muslim majority.

108.   In wielding his power he was generally, but not always, soft-spoken and gentlemanly.

109.   Investigators said tapes they would produce in court included recordings of other leaders of the crime organization discussing how Gigante continued to wield power from prison.

110.   Intrigued by the glamour of the software industry, Katz and Shapiro began studying how firms in that sector wield monopoly power through the creation of standards.