Legislation in the 1930s consolidated control of the state trunklines in the state highway department.

Tibetans are unlikely to forget the relentless efforts to destroy their culture that came in the years after Chinese forces consolidated control in 1959.

Over time, the Dutch gradually consolidated control over the great trading ports of the East Indies.

The inconsequential battle took place not long after British forces consolidated control around Savannah, Georgia, which they had captured in December 1778.

Now, he said, as the army and the civilian insurgents consolidated control of Rumania's cities, "the security troops are fighting to negotiate their own safety."

Abu Hafs repulsed the early Byzantine attacks and slowly consolidated control of the entire island.

It adds that such "consolidated, non-democratic control of the resources" in a region "could generate a significant threat to our security."

He quickly consolidated control within the company, moving from a management committee made up of 17 partners to a five-member executive team.

The liquidation of the blacks opened the way for the seizure of land and cattle and consolidated European control over the territory.

He survived one internal power showdown after another, refinanced his debts and consolidated financial control of the $9 billion corporation.