Zia ul Haq, his successor, tried to legitimise his military coup by pledging to Islamise the country.
Whether there will be enough to legitimise the assembly in the eyes of their brethren remains to be seen.
These indicators also increasingly serve to legitimise types of intervention and operating modes of aid and policies of development.
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In exchange, Ms Suu Kyi promised to rejoin (and so legitimise) the political process, and to work to lift sanctions.
America's granting of a visa to Gerry Adams helped to legitimise Sinn Fein, secure a ceasefire and get talks going.
Should the censors legitimise illicitly made digital films by granting them screen permits, or risk driving their creators further underground?
From now on, it will be harder for Mr Bush to point to his partnership with Britain to legitimise the occupation of Iraq.
Mrs Thatcher arguably did more than any major UK politician at the time to legitimise the environment as a concern at the highest level.
Organisations such as the Traditional Healers Organisation have for years been trying to legitimise the practice and have it held in the same regard as Western medicine.
These are figures with enormous powers - and the pressure to legitimise them through some kind of parliamentary approval system has been building for quite a while.
This might also explain the lady's modest adornments and the more expensive jewels of her daughter, who this portrait would help to legitimise as a member of the Titian household.
It tells us about themes insurgents consider best to mobilise activists or legitimise actions, and gives us information on internal debates and levels of coordination, and about shifts in tactics and strategy.
In addition, as extremists of every description become more vocal, perhaps a label would help to legitimise the views of agnostics and help to avoid them being written off as fence sitters.
As Mr Bozize fled to Cameroon, Mr Djotodia announced that elections would be held in three years, suggesting, in an interview with Radio France Internationale, that he would run for the presidency to legitimise his rule.
Documents showed that the rubber was ordered in his company's name and that he had used fake faxes to legitimise the cargo by making it look as if it was destined for a rubber company in Dumfries.
"I certainly regret the fact that the BNP could be using language we've used in order to legitimise what I regard as divisive, pernicious policies which will actually do working class people no good at all, " she said.
Television viewing figures are rising only slowly from low levels, but Mr Beckham's star power has helped legitimise the league, encouraging other stars to follow (such as Thierry Henry of France) and leading to an influx of investment in new clubs in Seattle, Portland and, in Canada, Toronto and Vancouver.
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