31.   As a lesson in democracy, its message to Cambodians may have been that real power does not yet come from the ballot box but from feudal chieftains.

32.   Assad, who is the real power in Lebanon, can rein in Hezbollah, but will not do so until he reaches a deal on the Golan.

33.   At the same time, Karzai must forge a government that has real power.

34.   B.J. Habibie assured his skeptical visitors that unlike his predecessors he had real power over domestic and foreign policy.

35.   Bass players are aware, even if the average listener is not, that they have the real power and that the musicians know it.

36.   Besides, it is not clear that he has any real power or control over the militants who are fighting to free themselves from the Israeli yoke.

37.   A nebbish could never gain real power.

38.   After all, the surgeon general has little real power beyond exhortation.

39.   All too often, the big money maker has the real power in Wall Street firms.

40.   Brimmer, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board, has emerged as the real power in this power-loving town.