Once power lines were laid down, electricity flowed to farms across the country, transforming millions of lives.
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Kyle Cooper, a managing partner at Houston's IAF Energy Advisors, said once power is restored, refineries could be running within a day or two, barring unforeseen problems.
India's political families may come in all shapes and affiliations, but many have one thing in common: Once power brings them an official residence, they cling to it like a Ganges crocodile to a bather's leg - sometimes for decades after they cease to hold office.
Ms Merkel's critics argue that she won't know what to do once in power.
But once in power, Republicans may well flinch at cutting such popular programmes without Democratic support.
Once a power in menswear, the YSL brand had languished for ten years because it was licensed to third parties.
The firm say the development would be converted into a holiday village of 315 units once the power station was built.
Once in power, he preferred to focus on his quest for Africanness.
Zacke, once a Power Seller and advisor with eBay, feels Auctionata is definitely a disruptive force, but not one that should necessarily worry the mega-auction house.
And, in the absence of gritty policy details from their prospective chancellor's lips, many voters are still unsure who would set his agenda once in power.
Critics charge that, once in power, Lula did little more than follow the centrist policies of his predecessors even as his own party became swamped in scandal.
The more we have these kinds of overblown debates, the less voters get a sense of what politicians are actually about and what they'll do once in power.
Perhaps Mr Luzhkov would become more diplomatic once in power.
And once in power, notes Peter Mair of the European University Institute in Florence, governments lose popularity more quickly, not least because they are constrained by decisions taken in Brussels.
She said the research highlighted once again the power of the addictive properties of nicotine.
Once removed from power, Mubarak suffered a stroke and his health quickly deteriorated from there.
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The protection that the ANP once had in power was withdrawn by the interim government.
Energy cost savings could be substantially realized once the lower power-consuming power supplies became available.
The rise in digital content has shifted that power once again and this time Netflix is on top.
But how much did she use her power once she was in office to advance the cause of women?
Currencies that once symbolised national power are now curious relics of the past.
Now the rise in emerging economies is once again altering power relations among states and creating new geopolitical risks.
Ironically, Germany, once a net power exporter, now imports electricity from French nuclear facilities and fossil-powered plants in neighboring countries.
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King Power once was a public company listed on the American Stock Exchange, with operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Cambodia.
Now, Governor Romney has decided that we should end the tax credit that we provide for wind power once and for all.
Filipino officers speak English, know and admire America, once the colonial power, and can bond with their comrades over beer and karaoke.
The country's judiciary and military will remain in place during the plan, with the latter saying it will submit to civilian power once those institutions are set up.
Many Egyptians, including reform-minded professionals, fear that the Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood, the unofficial opposition, would never relinquish power once they had won it at the ballot box.
Agreement has been reached on a compromise presidential candidate - army commander General Michel Suleiman - but rival factions cannot agree on how to share power once he becomes president.
However, a spokesperson for Enron told the BBC that the average price of power per unit sold to the state government in the last year came to five Rupees and the cost will come down further once the Dabhol Power Co becomes a fully gas-based plant.
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