He remained, though, a power in politics, in the manner of the deposed Kakuei Tanaka, deciding who should rule.
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Egyptian artist Nadine Hammam had been creating "Let's Love" -- the latest in a series of works on gender politics -- when the politics of people power brought her work to a halt as she immersed herself in the demonstrations.
When the Liberals won power in September 1993, he was given the job of finance minister, considered a graveyard in recent Canadian politics.
But in strict military terms, the U.S. is withdrawing while the Taliban think they're winning the war, and the Afghans are reorganizing their politics in expectation of a Taliban greater power.
Kipling came to prominence after the adventurers and privateers who had built the British empire (he himself never heard a shot fired in anger) and before the naked power-politics of the mid-20th century (he hated Nazism).
Mr Cannonier, a relative newcomer to Bermudan politics, was propelled into power in December 2012 when his One Bermuda Alliance ousted the government of Premier Paula Cox and ended 14 years of rule by the Progressive Labour Party (PLP).
In Chicago politics, Aldermen have a lot of power over real estate ventures.
Like his San Franciscan counterparts, Hellman was able to parlay his financial power into political influence, making him a major behind-the-scenes player in state politics.
Accusations fly about special banking deals for supporters of the ruling Democrats - Tarrin is a key party fundraiser - although such charges are routinely hurled at anyone in power, so closely are politics and business entwined in Thailand.
Although the U.S State Department subsequently implemented a special immigrant visa program for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, the creation of this class of refugees is a testament to the power of language politics, and an example of the fallout from American insufficiencies in this area.
And in the daily world of politics, he knew and practiced a second truth: In government, money is power.
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