Sentences with phrase «clinging to power over»

Much of their problems are a result of desperation in clinging to power over a genuine interest in reinventing a politic commitment to service for Albertans.

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We've seen over and over — in Venezuela, in Argentina, and in Brazil — that populists can cling to power even when the economy is doing badly because they can blame their performance on scapegoats.

What all this fuss over Clegg's overtures to Labour shows is that journalists and voters alike still haven't realised quite how desperate the Lib Dems are to cling on to power.

There are no constitutional reasons why a minority Tory government should take precedence over a «rainbow coalition» of Labour, the Lib Dems and the nationalists, but Labour figures fear they will lose all public support if they are seen to cling to power too long.

The level of agita over the mayor's role in campaigns outside the city underscores the uncertainty over the Senate: The Republicans, who have ruled the chamber for most of past 50 years, are clinging to power only by dint of an alliance with a Democrat, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn.

The newly installed head of a giant European investment bank schemes and clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to take over.

I've been reading about adding stuff to the ini file or some other root file thing, but kinda worried... somehow the other day, I pushed the light button and accidentally slid the power button and it wouldn't turn on again, got a replacement (warranty) and would love this night mode, but I'd need someone to provide a step by step on changing / adding commands to the root file or folder so a 3rd grader could install it I'm almost thinking to get some 20 % tinted window static cling film and just cut out a piece to lay over my screen, 1 % brightness is still to bright to read in bed.