In his first term Lula's reluctance to share power with other parties led to a congressional vote-buying scandal that nearly destroyed his presidency.

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Leaders of the Atlanta Tea Party are challenging Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power over the monopoly's reluctance to increase its use of solar power, the ballooning costs of building a new nuclear power plant and even its legal right to monopoly status.

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Its reluctance to shake up the power market is coming back to haunt it.

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Yet unease is growing about the monarchy's direction, particularly its reluctance to enact constitutional reforms that would reduce the monarch's power in favour of elected institutions such as the parliament.

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One of these is the reluctance of the existing Commonwealth countries to have anything to do with Britain qua colonial power, to seem to condone colonialism by accepting a colony as a partner in their company.

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Their reluctance to adopt Crusoe at this point has fueled speculation that Intel, having turned its attention to low-power chips, will crush Transmeta as it has disposed of so many previous rivals.

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