Street gangs hold sway in many of the poorest, most densely populated parts of the capital city, Port-au-Prince.
Distributors still hold sway in the U.S., thanks to strict state laws governing how liquor can make it into retail stores.
Even if that is wrong, catch-all parties of some sort will continue to hold sway in Germany, believes Wolfgang Schroeder of Kassel University.
But it looks like El Nino is about to pick up and will hold sway in the next couple of months at least.
Rebels of the Houthi clan hold sway in much of the north, around Saada, while a secessionist movement has gained momentum in the south.
In other southern states big urban and minority populations hold sway in Democratic primaries, pulling candidates to the left of the general electorate and highlighting polarising issues such as race and immigration.
Drizzle and dank depression hold sway in Portland, Oregon, as Doug (Cris Lankenau), a forensic-science dropout, sits around with his sister (Trieste Kelly Dunn) in a mumblecore drowse, bereft of ambition or purpose.
Published on the eve of the NPT review conference now under way in New York, this series underscored the extent to which denuclearizers now hold sway in the Clinton Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Energy Department and Pentagon.
So the new government will face colossal challenges: the huge numbers of frustrated, unemployed Iraqi youths are a willing pool of recruits, not just for insurgent groups but also for the armed gangs and criminal underworld that hold sway in many parts of the country.
France, Germany and Spain are all shareholders in EADS and hold significant sway in it.
Lady Thatcher was in this part of the country, where the Liberal Democrats now hold sway, in an attempt to bolster William Hague's apparently beached election campaign.
Clearly, the "great man" theory of history will always be ripe for debate, but as shown by a choice reading of CEOs the presence of a strong, charismatic leader can hold more sway in business than elsewhere.
The contest now turns to friendlier terrain for Mr. Romney, including Illinois, which votes March 20, where conservative voters hold less sway than in some prior nominating contests.
He may try to hold local elections to install governments in towns where gangs hold sway.
In that vacuum, large, powerful Palestinian families have stepped in and hold increasing sway, especially over security matters.
Not without reason: although some Shia dynasties, such as the Fatimids in Egypt, did hold sway for long periods, Islam's early caliphs often oppressed their Shia subjects.
The giant insurance group, which owns 22% of Dresdner directly and sells insurance through its branches, is thought to hold sway over 40% of the bank's shares in all.
Fast-growing emerging economies feel under-represented in an institution where Europe and America still hold sway.
In much of the countryside, usurious moneylenders still hold sway.
But a majority of Thais still live in rural areas, where old political party machines continue to hold sway.
With 47 of 78 seats in the National Parliament, election cycle alliances will not hold much sway over a Herrera administration.
Obama made a legitimate claim about the difficulty of calling the shots in the current global environment, where small and mid-sized countries hold more sway than before.
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