key lever in a sentence

Examples

1. In a step toward gaining control of key levers of power, U . S . soldiers launched an attack Thursday on Saddam International Airport on the western edge of the capital.
2. Russia briefly halted all natural gas supplies to Belarus on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported, using its key lever of influence in strained ties with the neighboring former Soviet republic.
3. In a step toward gaining control of key levers of power, U . S . soldiers began an attack Thursday on Saddam International Airport on the western edge of the capital.
4. The country's democratic leadership that replaced the regime of former president Slobodan Milosevic has struggled to put the army _ one of Milosevic's key levers of power _ under civilian control.
5. Aghajari's case has highlighted the tense power struggle between reformists supporting President Khatami's reform programs and hard-liners who control unelected institutions including the police, judiciary and other key levers of power.
6. The Federal Reserve increased by a half-point two important short-term lending rates it controls, placing its key lever over the economy at 6 percent, double the level of a year ago.
7. The program to take information technology to every village " will be a key lever for economic and social development and is intended to increase employment and improve the quality of life,"
8. In a step toward gaining control of key levers of regime power, U . S . Army soldiers launched an attack Thursday on Saddam International Airport on the western edge of the capital.
9. This is where the Serbian leader called out Yugoslav army tanks and used tear gas eight years ago to put down a violent demonstration against state-controlled television, the key lever in his control of public opinion.
10. With key levers of power now firmly in their hands after a sweeping election victory, Yugoslavia's reformers announced plans Monday to begin an investigation that could force Slobodan Milosevic to stand trial for ruining the country.