41.   He said big democracies, which concentrate political power in small political elites, will eventually give way to city-regions.

42.   He was repeatedly criticized, often by former Solidarity allies, for refusing to listen to advice, desiring to control the army and concentrate power in the presidency.

43.   His detractors doubt his commitment to democracy and say his plan to write a new constitution could concentrate power in his hands.

44.   His opponents fear a new constitution could concentrate power in his hands.

45.   His critics say he wants to use the assembly to concentrate power in his hands.

46.   His opponents fear it would concentrate power in his hands.

47.   Its founding treaty of Rome has been upgraded several times, each time concentrating more powers in the Brussels-based group.

48.   Many lawmakers in Belarus had united in recent months in opposing Lukashenko, an aggressive president who has tried to concentrate more power in his own hands.

49.   The Palestinian leader has long concentrated power in his own hands, making it difficult for a successor to emerge.

50.   The new Russian constitution concentrated power in the executive branch, preventing the development of civil society, several participants said.