The regime would maintain law and order, and prosperity would prevail.

Each regime maintains a list of controlled goods and technology which is discussed and updated regularly.

The monarchical regime maintained on Brazilian soil "was a force of continuity and tradition".

The new regime in Congress maintains environmental laws can only be preserved at the expense of jobs.

The East German regime maintained separate classes and academic calendars for every sport.

After 1934, the regime designated corporate representatives according to class and profession, but maintained private ownership of Brazilian-owned business.

But the Soviet regime, after subduing the region, only maintained the colonialism.

In the early 1980s, the military regime could not effectively maintain the two-party system established in 1966.

Autocratic regimes can only maintain their hold on power by means of repression and by restricting freedom.

Thus a political regime maintains power because people accept and obey its dictates, laws and policies.