In recent years, Mr. Paterno had largely become a figurehead as Penn State's coach.
The British monarch has no political power but Elizabeth has immense power as a figurehead.
For many Vietnamese, whatever their views of the late leader, there is no other figurehead.
How could a country with such crumbling infrastructure and untested political institutions do well under a figurehead?
Nonetheless, the BFI has acquired an articulate and charismatic figurehead whose personal commitment to cinema is unquestioned.
He is staying on as a figurehead until elections are held next month to choose his successor.
Inside are human skulls, life vests from Japanese whalers, the proud figurehead of a galleon, brass cannons, rigging and sea-worn chains.
In 1974, a new constitution was approved in Sweden, which reduced the status of the king to a figurehead.
After the Millau attack, Bove became a figurehead for a campaign against globalisation.
Jiang appointed him army chief in 1992, while Chi remained defense minister -- a figurehead with little real authority.
As he increasingly turns himself into a near-royal figurehead, it may be time for a more technocratic, businesslike president.
Was Hirohito a mere figurehead atop a powerful system of authoritarian rule, an imperial puppet manipulated by a military elite?
The party's new figurehead in Wales was speaking at his first Lib Dem conference since taking over from Richard Livsey.
The politicians know that direct election would deliver not a figurehead president but one who could rival the prime minister.
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He was especially frustrated by being the presiding figurehead of a Senate dominated by the Republican majority leader, Henry Cabot Lodge.
As the movement's figurehead, Mrs Rajavi made trips to Western cities in the mid-1990s to address Iranian exiles and canvas support.
That practice might be abandoned now that the president is no longer just a figurehead, but wields oversight powers over finances.
The setback now means Australia must attempt to square the series without their figurehead and best batsman of the last decade.
By keeping Mr Wahid as a figurehead, she could deflect some of the fire she will no doubt draw upon assuming power.
The CEO is The Man, plodding along the expected routes, expecting the same of his subordinates, becoming the figurehead of corporate oppression.
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Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s through his band, whose hits included Common People and Disco 2000.
Indeed, he has appointed prominent nonistes to his government: Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister and rebel figurehead, is now foreign minister.
Hansonism was short-lived, with its one-time figurehead now a figure of fun.
He kept his word, but made sure the king remained a figurehead.
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And Mr Wen is neither maverick nor powerless figurehead he is a senior member of the party's supreme body, the Politburo's nine-member standing committee.
So he is likely to rule as the figurehead of a collective leadership alongside his aunt's husband and several powerful generals, analysts say.
It also approved measures that would strip him of much of his remaining presidential powers, making the President little more than a figurehead.
The government set up the commissioner role in an effort to make police more accountable, with a single "figurehead" monitoring and ensuring performance.
Xanana Gusmao, a former resistance fighter and figurehead of the country's independence movement, is certain to defeat Francisco do Amaral, his only rival.
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