Mubarak had sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title.
Many online travel agencies have come to resemble physical ones, signing up with a GDS which provides a reservations system and other computing power while handing them a commission (ultimately paid by the airlines) on every booking.
He recalls climbing telephone poles, handing power lines, tugging wires, collecting fees and repairing the electric meters.
Vatican officials said a date for the conclave cannot be set until the pope leaves office, handing power over the voting process to cardinals.
Alan Matthews, also of Bury South, agreed, but like Mr Audin, was against the idea of handing power to Mr Brown without a contest.
But Conservative MP Bob Blackman warned there were "risks associated" with handing power over some planning decisions to the local councillors responsible for a ward.
Mr Abdullah stepped down in 2009, handing power to Mr Najib who became prime minister and leader of the main coalition party, United Malays National Organisation (Umno).
In office this vague idea has formalised into radical decentralisation: handing power to parents to run schools, to general practitioners to run the NHS, to local voters to pick police commissioners.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "protecting the frontline, handing power to teachers and introducing a pupil premium for the poorest" - but the "size of the deficit means we have had to make tough decisions".
The electorate is bent on subjecting politicians to all sorts of humiliating rituals before handing them power.
Hence Mr Allawi is trying his hardest to accommodate the Sadrists there without simply handing over power to them.
But the White House has rejected this approach, and some Republicans are wary about handing more power to the White House.
You might even consider handing over power of attorney in your absence.
W. de Klerk on handing over power to the elected leader of South Africa's black majority, yet you find no fault in King Hussein's minority rule in Jordan.
For Mr Renato, the biggest difficulty for any family-run business is handing over power to the next generation when the current head of the family retires.
But for that to happen, difficult constitutional compromises between Bosnia's ethnic groups need to be made, with the two entities handing back power to a more centralised government.
But there the parallels stop: since handing over power, General Banzer is generally reckoned to have worked, not selflessly, maybe, but diligently, in politics to re-establish and uphold democracy.
The party is also committed to cracking down on crime and anti-social behaviour, getting more police officers on to the street and handing more power to local people through referendums.
General Abubakar's refusal to take political jobs in the past, and his pledge this week that he will stick to the October 1st deadline for handing over power to a civilian government, suggest that he agrees with them.
Next week the European Court is expected to issue a preliminary judgment stripping European Union member governments of the right to negotiate bilateral air-service agreements and handing the power instead to the European Commission, which handles other external trade issues.
The price of the peaceful handing over of power by Mr de Klerk's National Party was amnesty.
President Obama might be handing Mitt Romney unparalleled presidential power.
Handing AMs more law-making power would "give the politicians a comfort zone that they succeeded".
Canada's government has moved to reassure allies, following the arrest of a naval officer charged with handing over secrets to a foreign power.
At the same time, energy giant Enron (nyse: ENE) said it would stop supplying power to industrial and commercial customers in California, handing that task over to the states' troubled utilities.
At the same time, energy giant Enron (nyse: ENE - news - people) said it would stop supplying power to industrial and commercial customers in California, handing that task over to the states' troubled utilities.
In recent months, he has become more of a figurehead - handing over day-to-day power to his chosen successor Thabo Mbeki, who is expected to take over as president when Mr Mandela steps down in April next year.
But handing out public money to the nuclear-power industry (through production or investment tax credits, for example) is an inefficient way for governments to discourage global warming.
"Our power was handed to us by the people, today we are handing it back to them, " Mr Borisov said.
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