• His third incarnation, as a maverick at the top table of power politics, came after he had led the Greens to their best-ever result, in the 1998 elections.

    BBC: Joschka Fischer

  • Unlike much of the Arab world, where Shia have traditionally constituted an underclass, the community in Pakistan began with a seat at the head table of power.

    WSJ: Sadanand Dhume: The Plight of Pakistan's Shia

  • While the other seven leaders from North America, Europe and Japan fret about the digital divide, and the poor health and bad debts of the world's hard-up nations (see article), Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, by his own admission, knows he is struggling to avoid his country's relegation from the big-power table to the ranks of the third world.

    ECONOMIST: A more realistic Russia

  • He's never taken the option of using military force off the table, but he's also stated a preference for the soft power of diplomacy without explaining how he would create the leverage to stop Iran.

    NPR: Obama Must Manage Great Expectations

  • The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) created the table (or should we say, "tables") to showcase the "power of advanced networking" and joins a host of other wild ways to get your game on.

    ENGADGET: Airhockey Over a Distance

  • The first two columns of the table show how the Dow does depending on whether or not the controlling party stays in power.

    FORBES: Day After Presidential Election Usually Rocky For Stocks

  • He was equally adept at the negotiating table, portraying himself not as the representative of a humiliated country but as the proud representative of a great power having to put up with a minor annoyance.

    FORBES: Lessons for China from Russia's Ancien R��gime

  • "I appeal to all to come sit with me at the table so that this nation can get rid of this curse of power cuts, inflation and unemployment, " Sharif said, as his supporters clapped, cheered and danced in the streets.

    NPR: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Declares Victory

  • And it seems that we would be agreeable to a division of proceeds based on the list price of the book within a range of 45-55% (depending entirely on the negotiating power of the author and what they think they bring to the table that deserves more) of the list price for the author?

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  • While no one tracks reverse mergers, a half-dozen companies from the Middle Kingdom--ranging from health care products to manufacturers of power-steering assemblies (see table, p. 44)--havecompleted them since last year.

    FORBES: Through The Back Door

  • The main concern of union organizers and proponents of the NLRA with this proposal would be how to gain power and get employers to the bargaining table.

    FORBES: Reinventing Unions for the 21st Century

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