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But that is the exact opposite of what he has done since assuming office.
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Since assuming office, Mr Maskey has pledged to work for equality for all.
BBC: Alex Maskey was elected to the top council post in June
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The ruling essentially gave him unchecked power, protecting from judicial review any decisions he has made since assuming office.
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Since assuming office, Rajoy has embarked on necessary reforms, particularly in the labor sector, but not as aggressively as markets hoped.
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Since assuming office, gays have criticised him for forgetting them.
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Had Beijing persisted with the standoff, it would have led to cancellation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's New Delhi visit on May 20 his first overseas trip since assuming office.
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Tamakloe's lawyers argued that the GFA's own regulations defined misconduct as "embezzlement, inefficiency, non-attendance of three consecutive meetings, or acting in a manner prejudicial to the interest of the GFA" and insisted that the association's chairman had not committed any of the offences since assuming office in April this year.
BBC: SPORT | Football | African | GFA boss gets injunction
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Celebrating his first Easter as pontiff, Francis stuck to the humble style he has embraced since assuming the office, wearing simple vestments and riding through the crowd in an open jeep, waving and kissing babies handed up to him.
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As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to remove the U.S. military from Iraq, where it had been lodged since March 2003, within 16 months of assuming office (by the end of 2010).
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