31.   At worst, he said, there could be an attempt to seize power without an election.

32.   Because politics in Washington is not a zero-sum game, a weakened presidency is possible without some other institution seizing its power.

33.   Before his visit, McColl was known here as the banker who promised a merger of equals and then seized total power.

34.   Before the elder Assad seized power, Syria had undergone a succession of military coups and social upheavals.

35.   A rebel army seized power and installed Laurent Kabila as head of state.

36.   After seizing power, Chun became president and was feted in Washington at the White House.

37.   After seizing power in Pakistan last month, Gen. Pervez Musharraf has been disturbingly slow in presenting his timetable for a restoration of democracy.

38.   After seizing power, he lost his revolutionary soul by taking Cuba down the Communist road to repression.

39.   After Tutsis seized power in Rwanda last July, the killers melted into the tide of refugees, who are predominantly Hutu.

40.   Aides to Hun Sen, the second prime minister who seized sole power in the coup, are believed to be behind the grenade attack against Sam Rainsy.