11.   But time is the great healer and presidents seem to command a lot of sympathy after they relinquish power.

12.   But the victory was bittersweet in the Senate, where Republicans prepared to relinquish power and acknowledged that no further tax cuts were imminent.

13.   But Western diplomats who saw the letter said it was vague and did not include a firm commitment to relinquish power.

14.   But they said they feared that legislators from both parties might alter the Pataki proposals, refusing to relinquish power over the programs.

15.   Clinton, who remained awake during surgery, did not need to temporarily relinquish presidential powers.

16.   Despite having formally relinquished power, Karadzic retains an iron grip on the Bosnian Serb republic.

17.   Embarrassed by its defeat, the military junta relinquished power to a democratically elected government.

18.   Employers want labor unions to relinquish the power to negotiate contracts by industry on a nationwide level, saying it increases labor costs and is restrictive.

19.   He said the gunmen, known as attaches, may have weapons that were distributed by the army before it relinquished power.

20.   If Aristide can relinquish power gracefully, he will provide a valuable lesson in constitutional government.