21.   As long as Saddam Hussein holds power in Iraq, the potential for war, and the disruption of oil supplies, remains.

22.   As receiver, Spence held the powers of mayor, alderman and treasurer.

23.   As the PP has never held power, he will have few ministers with any kind of real government experience.

24.   Ashcroft, after all, could hold greater power over the daily lives of women and minorities as attorney general than almost any other member of the Cabinet.

25.   Barr scoffed at the idea he held pervasive power over lawmakers.

26.   Both Russia and China hold veto power on the council.

27.   A hard-drinking tyrant, he held power through his secret police and finished the job of dismantling the economy that Amin started.

28.   A party that has long held power, he said, is vulnerable if voters are dissatisfied.

29.   According to the revolutionary Constitution, God holds ultimate power here, and His will is expressed through the faqih, or supreme leader.

30.   All of the governors and five of the presidents vote at each meeting, with the presidents taking turns in holding the power to vote.