Sentences with phrase «desperately clings to a power»

The ongoing violence in Syria is probably the most prominent example of this - the Assad regime desperately clings to power with no sign of abdicating and, according to the United Nations, 6,200 civilians have been killed by the army on the orders of the government.

The Communist government in East Germany is on the brink, desperately clinging to power through the iron grip of the Stasi.

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However, without careful thought and planning well ahead of the election, an agreement could come quickly unstuck, because there will be intense criticism that a discredited Labour Party was clinging desperately power, and that supine Liberal Democrats lacked the guts to eject it.

But the weirdness of the ending, and the way Silver's ouster unfolded, with him trying desperately to cling to power, speaks to how epic his fall is, and how state government is starting a messily uncertain — and in some ways hopeful — new era.

A discredited and exhausted Labour desperately trying to cling to power under a Miliband or an Alan Johnson.

While most of me wonders why people cling so desperately to the idea of having a physical keyboard for their touch - screen devices, another part has to admit there are occasions when having one would be awfully convenient (especially when it works equally well with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone powered devices — complete with the special, platform - specific keys present and accounted).