He held a number of ministerial posts during Labour's 13-year reign of power.

BBC: Labour has new man in Northern Ireland

We are already seeing consumer protections being put in place that will reign in the power and the authority of insurance companies to take advantage of patients.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

Despite this artifice, Mr Wilson succeeds in recreating a sense of what Henry VIII was like and how power was deployed in his reign.

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They say that during his reign, the Vatican has exercised too much power, and is now less tolerant of dissent.

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According to the report, conflict environments, characterized by a breakdown in the rule of law and a prevailing climate of impunity, create the conditions whereby parties, emboldened by their weapons, power and status, essentially enjoy free reign to inflict sexual violence, with far-reaching implications for efforts to consolidate peace and secure development.

UN: Security Council

Ruddock guided Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam but his reign came to a sudden end midway through the 2006 Six Nations, with player power cited as a factor.

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Hoover was in power for almost fifty years, and the filmmakers leave out many particulars of his reign.

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