41.   The permanent members have Security Council vetos, which gives them immense power.

42.   The Turkish military has immense power in most aspects of life here.

43.   Yet Yeltsin long has governed through top aides, and Kremlin insiders long have wielded immense power.

44.   Without these guarantees, the United States risks creating a nightmarish, shadow justice system of immense power and no accountability.

45.   As part of the new system, examining magistrates have replaced the revolutionary prosecutors, who enjoyed immense power and were criticised for their arbitrary decisions.

46.   Despite a more than two-thirds majority Sharif appears in no mood to touch constitutional clauses that give the president immense power to fire the prime minister.

47.   Nonetheless, he has wielded immense power with his talent for organisational strategy as shown in electoral results.