Mr Michael cannot lead the Welsh Assembly without being a member of it, so his only chance was to win a top-up seat.
Beija-Flor and 12 other top samba clubs competed in the 70, 000-seat Sambadrome during the carnival, which took place on Sunday and Monday.
Though it lacked the adjustable-seat option of a top-frills model, the engine was powerful and it had cruise control.
Though it lacked adjustable seat options of a top-frills model, the engine was powerful and it had cruise control.
Mr Jones took the smiling and clapping, mind-your-body-language seat at the top table, Mr Smith took to the lectern.
Afterwards, Egypt's Grand Imam summoned rival political factions, youth groups and church officials to the headquarters of al-Azhar, the 1, 000-year-old institution that is the top seat of Sunni Islam.
London taxis are designed to be commodious to an English gentleman's top hat in the back seat and a trans-Atlantic steamship chest in the trunk.
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They joined for the wrong reasons - a determination to have a seat at the top table rather than a careful analysis of the country's economic interests.
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The BBC is reporting on a "top-secret phone" developed by a 40-person strong ejector-seat technology company -- IA Technology -- from Hereford England.
As my colleague, Laurence Norman reported Thursday, the British will get a seat at the top table on the summit due in late-January or early-February to discuss these matters.
The 35-seat Schwarzwaldstube has repeatedly been rated as one of the top restaurants in the world (most recently in 2009 by the British magazine, Restaurant), and holds 19.5 stars (out of 20) from Gault Millau, a French restaurant guide similar to Michelin.
No other party is likely to compete for a second Welsh seat, so it's all about staying on top of the list - UKIP's John Bufton plans a second term, while Plaid's Jill Evans and the Conservatives' Kay Swinburne are likely to retain their places too.
France, of course, has long been the bogeyman of the Atlantic alliance, always anxious to stake its claim to a seat at the top table and yet always seen as inevitably and irritatingly slow to endorse American-led initiatives.
Other kid-friendly touches: trundle beds that pull out for those little dears who refuse to sleep on the top bunk, junior-eye level peepholes in the guest room doors, and a built-in potty seat that cleverly folds over the regular seat if needed (the Legoland park is targeted at the 2 to 12 set).
Republicans will be competitive in Democratic open seats in Iowa, Michigan and Montana if they recruit top-quality candidates like Rep. Mike Rogers, who's considering a run for Michigan's open seat.
The sort of democracy that would now allow Leanne Wood, the leader of Plaid Cymru, to keep to her word and fight for a constituency seat in 2016, but - just in case - keep her name right there at the top of the regional list.
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