Sharif has had rocky relations with Pakistan's powerful Army chiefs, including his own appointee, Gen.
But first she has to resolve continuing strains in her country's relationship with Pakistan's powerful army.
There are few things powerful enough to accomplish that, but one of them is a powerful army.
The linchpin of the region is Uganda, with its powerful army, influential president, successful economy and the friendship of Americans and Europeans.
Pakistan's powerful army chief, Gen Ashfaq Kayani, is said to back the peace dialogue amid concerns for regional stability in the wake of the departure of the Nato-led forces.
However, there is little prospect of the powerful Israeli army intervening in support of Mr Abbas, both because of the danger of re-entering Gaza and the fact it would possibly be the kiss-of-death for Mr Abbas.
Economically, India was a growing industrial power which by 1935 had a positive balance of trade with UK. Militarily, the British Empire depended badly upon the large and powerful Indian Army, particularly as Japanese advanced through Asia.
As always, much depends on Turkey's powerful and popular army, which still keeps the politicians under its thumb.
Musharraf makes no secret of wanting to remain president while retaining the hugely powerful position of army chief of staff.
Syarwan Hamid, to one of the most powerful jobs in the army.
But some analysts believe Mubarak's successor has to come from the army, which remains the most powerful institution in Egypt, and has been the custom since the army overthrew the monarchy in 1952.
Some also say Mr. Chaudhry acted as a roadblock to the most powerful Pakistani institution, the army, in a nation whose history is marked by coups and decades of military rule.
But powerful soldiers in Rwanda's army are apparently loth to hand Mr Nkunda over.
The far bank was ruled by a more powerful prince, a Manchu, whose army had firearms and who drank from gold cups.
Tensions persist within the newly integrated forces of the Congolese army, which include a powerful Tutsi militia, called the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), that may retain its old command structure inside Congo's army.
And they had powerful institutions on their side: the Supreme Court, the Congress, the army.
Paramount chief of the powerful Bangwato clan, General Khama earned a macho reputation by building up the army's strength.
After becoming prime minister again in 1997 with a comfortable majority, Mr Sharif appeared to dominate the political landscape and exerted a powerful hold over all the country's major institutions - apart from the army.
General Pervez Musharraf, the army chief, means to become the next president of Pakistan, and a powerful one.
Pakistan has a long history of the army seizing power in military coups, and the service is considered the most powerful institution in the country.
Mr. Sharif, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal after the vote, said he foresaw no new problems with the country's powerful military establishment, saying that the 1999 coup against him was the personal initiative of then-army chief Gen.
From this powerful circumstantial evidence the Judge ultimately concluded the two American men had met their deaths at the hands of the Ugandan Army, even though their bodies were never found.
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