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The stylish sculpture has a majestic and king-like feel, while the simple and spotless shower cabin sustains its uniqueness.

Inspiring Wooden Bathroom Collection, Milan 2010 2010

In his weekly, hours-long broadcast tirades to the nation, Chavez often sits, king-like, behind an ornate desk at the palace, a prominent painting of Bolivar as his background.

Fernando Espuelas: Desperate Hugo Chavez Desecrates Simon Bolivar's Tomb 2010

But, it is a fact difficult to swallow when the majority of Egyptians ruled by this king-like president live under the poverty line in unplanned, unhygienic housing probably with no sewage or running water, far from the palace's golden faucets.

Mohamed Elshahed: Obama's Cairo Trip: The Unreported Details in Context 2009

Their first choice, of course, is to give the Unitary Executive and its king-like powers to McCain and whomever they have put in place to be his veep, but if they have to hand it to somebody else, then Hillary is a good fall-back.

Superdelegates WILL Decide: Will They Allow Clinton To Take the Scorched Earth Path? 2008

These weaker-willed follower voters are unduly influenced by the present undemocratic system, and they are too easily herded about by the king-like power brokers in the shadows of de-MOCKERY-cy.

And Justice for ALL? Is Our Voting System Just? 2008

But after a long war, a tough presidential campaign and the hard times of 2008 -- to be sure, there will be no golden glowing goodbyes to the king-like Bush who practically seized the land by primogeniture.

Jamie Stiehm: When Oliver Stone Makes a Movie, Bring It On 2008

South Korea's family-run conglomerates routinely seek to create the impression of a king-like chairman they can't do without.

ISS Backs Rejecting Hyundai Chief 2008

Having a President with swollen, king-like power will only make corruption and abuse of that power more likely as time goes on.

The Wellstone of Hope 2007

We now have a president who claims king-like powers to be able to kidnap anyone, anywhere, off the streets, deny them habeas corpus and due process, suspend their Constitutional rights and to send them to secret locations where they may even be tortured.

Nancy Skinner is the kind of Democrat we NEED in Congress 2007

A new totalitarian form of government with a king-like executive exists.

Think Progress » “He has 24 months left in his presidency. 2007