I realized he couldn't do anything for us if the powers in control on the other side didn't want him back.

It is not clear, though, whether the other foreign powers with a presence in the Congo want peace.

These events were all simply powerful government officials exercising that power the way they wanted to.

And the powers that be in this city want immediate action.

The powers that be have wanted to destroy the freedom of the Internet for a long time.

Look at it this way: which regional power most wants to be seen as the dominant influence in Iraq?

"If they stand between him and the power he wants, yes."

"No serious foreign power would ever want to deal with this person," she said.

It was almost as if some power didn't want it to be known.

When we are no longer needed to do the dirty work, the powers that be don't want to know.