31.   Adding to the pressure on then, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who wields immense power in the Serb substate, met Dodik last week.

32.   Although his only official position is president of the Iraqi Olympic Commission, Odai wielded immense political power, passing on all government appointments, The Sunday Times said.

33.   Critics have labeled the probe a whitewash and maintain that although retired Suharto still wields immense political power behind the scenes.

34.   Critics have labeled the probe a whitewash and maintain that although retired Suharto still wield immense political power behind the scenes.

35.   Despite the immense power of the Nazi machine, Jews in the camps did make efforts to resist.

36.   In recent months, police have stepped up raids on their properties and legitimate businesses in a bid to hurt their immense economic power.

37.   Karadzic withdrew from public life last year under strong international pressure but continues to wield immense power behind the scenes.

38.   Korzhakov, one of the only people with constant access to Yeltsin, has a reputation as a sort of modern-day Rasputin who wields immense behind-the-scenes power.

39.   Lukashenko has amassed immense powers and is openly nostalgic for the Soviet Union.

40.   The contest holds immense symbolic power in a country where government, media and cultural activity is centered in Mexico City.