But, having secured power, Mr Tusk has done only half the job.
Critics railed that the last thing Russia needed was yet more land, secured by garrisons and penal colonies.
A ledge on the bow of a ship on which the bill of an anchor rests when the anchor is secured to the cathead.
Having discovered his vocation as a cultural muckraker, he eventually secured an audience, a market and even the offer (which was refused) of Westminster Abbey as a final resting place.
The boats are broadside on the shore and each row is made fast, side by side, the whole secured by chains and anchored at the outer side to keep them in position.
Cases must be nailed and secured by overall metal strapping.
After all travel arrangements have been secured, the next step is to make sure your travel documents are in order.
Mr Obama's diplomacy, bolstered by his success over health-care reform, has in fact secured real gains, even if they are more modest than all the hoopla suggests.
When a man has once secured a circle of admirers, he may be as ridiculous here as he thinks proper; and it all passes for elevation of sentiment, or learned absence.
Traverse permission to the administration secured function.
Then she gingerly secured the loose paint flakes around the rip with a liquid adhesive.
One of the mediations provided by the gateway can be to log the inbound message in its secured state, thus facilitating non-repudiation.
In what proved to be the first of an unheard of triple victories over the north London side that season, the Blues secured a2-1 victory at Cardiff, not least thanks to a powerhouse display from double goalscorer Didier Drogba.
Britain has also secured an exemption, or thinks it has, from the charter of fundamental rights.
Making a dart at the table, she secured the coffee, which she immediately spilled, thereby making the front of her dress as bad as the back.
The dam secured the city from the flood.
Packing in sturdy wooden cases is essential. Cases must be nailed and secured by overall metal strapping.
They are further secured with a hitch pin for extra safety.
Though his record of bringing funds into his home state secured him re-election in 1970, the immediate fallout from the scandal was to cost him his position as Senate whip.
The splice piece shall be cut to length and secured to the bundle on one of the main runs to allow easy field installation across the splice line.
Of course, deployment must be secured.
In 1975, Obama Sr. secured his final job: a menial finance position usually reserved for recent college grads.
Later, it secured a near-monopoly in the still more profitable trade in alum, vital to the textile industry.
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