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It's as if the pope with absolute rule, a throne, pomp and circumstance taps into a repressed fantasy of crowns and ermine.
CNN: There's more to the Catholic Church than the pope
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Politics has been a halting movement from the selfishness of absolute rule to the selfless sharing of power with ever larger portions of the population.
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In Iran's complex political system, the head of state is answerable to the conservative-dominated parliament and bound by the absolute rule of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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The single demise of a dictator's absolute rule gave birth to a multitude of demands, ideologies and rifts that are likely to deepen before they are neutralised - or so it is hoped.
BBC: Slow rebirth for post-revolution Libya
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President Thein Sein's elected government has significantly relaxed media controls since taking power in 2011, allowing reporters to print material that would have been unthinkable during the five previous decades of absolute military rule.
NPR: Myanmar Holds Off On Press Law Following Criticism
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With only this illusory exception, the general rule is an absolute.
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He's Africa's last absolute monarch and at the peak of his rule.
CNN: A right royal showdown
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The Ryder Cup is won by two or three players having stellar weeks, winning four out of five points, and I would not rule out Darren Clarke being the absolute star of the event.
BBC: SPORT | Golf | Ken Brown column
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Many are prepared to give Suharto the benefit of the doubt if not on the quality of his rule, then at least on its absolute nature.
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The Founders rejected democracy because rule by the many is a danger similar to absolute monarchy.
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