Thank you for your patronage.

Lula was accused of corruption and patronage.

In 2009, under the patronage of H.H.

We really thank you for your patronage.

We don t need your patronage or your support.

This perpetuates politics, even democratic politics, as patronage.

Renaissance Florence depended on the patronage of the Medici.

Both the Chinese Communist Party and the People s Liberation Army could survive without US patronage.

It will invariably recycle retired and failed politicians and be a way station for vast patronage.

Much as Austria s alignment with Germany drove the Slavs to seek Russian patronage at the expense of imperial unity, European alignments with Russia drive the new members to seek US patronage at the expense of EU unity.

So it exploits China s goodwill and national security concerns, and even regards Chinese patronage as its due.

Political patronage and corruption have also rendered the government incapable of delivering basic health services and jobs.

The reciprocal low level violence between Hamas and Fatah is simply a struggle fueled by greed and patronage.

Though the Chávez revolution has made progress against poverty and inequality, it is hardly sustainable and reeks of patronage.

Four years later, some are calling for his impeachment for what they see as systemic corruption and patronage politics.

Privatisation of state assets has done much for the economy, but has also been used for patronage and empire building.

If Qatar fails to use its resources wisely, it may lose the legitimacy that it needs to underpin its patronage.

If anything, China has proven that a country can blend control, coercion, and patronage to stymie the Internet s politically liberalizing elements.

on everything ever produced under Islamic or Arab patronage in the past 1,400 years, from Spain to the borders of China.

The idealism of India s freedom movement quickly evaporated after independence in the face of the opportunities for patronage that came with power.

A similar bias arises from the occasional tendency to view political patronage elsewhere as being more corrupt than the same practices at home.

An independent Catalonia could be very different from today s Spain where economic crisis, opacity and patronage politics are often denounced to be commonplace.

There has also been political patronage bordering on parody, with one recent count putting the government s size at 244 ministers and secretaries of state.

As president, he treated it as a source of patronage, replacing its top officials with political cronies who had little experience in managing emergencies.

The Patronage Law exempts buildings owned by not for profit entities from paying the IBI, except those that have economic activities submerged in other taxes.

The so called shelter was led by Dr. Antun Najžer, under the patronage of The Female Lineages of the Ustashi movement and Ustashi surveillance services.

The rural urban divide wedded the grassroots rural population to upcountry patronage networks and vote buying, while elected politicians reaped their rewards through corruption and graft.

As al Saud political and economic control declines, and in the absence of democratic reforms, the regime s policy seems certain to shift from patronage to repression.

In 68 AD, under imperial patronage, they established the White Horse Temple (白馬寺), which still exists today, close to the imperial capital at Luoyang.

To an amazing extent, he reached out to experts in many areas, choosing professionals of impeccable reputations for probity and accomplishment, rather than politicians eager for patronage.

As a result, if the price of soy continues to fall, subsidies a source of corruption and patronage will be an increasingly heavy burden for public spending.

The widespread belief among micro financiers is that the curbs were imposed not because the industry was exploitative, but because it offered an alternative to political patronage.

He was next in line to succeed his mentor, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, until he had a falling out with Dr. Mahathir over the state s patronage system.

America's subsequent patronage of Israel had less to do with evangelical passion for the Holy Land, or a spontaneous love for the Jewish people, than with the Cold War.

Moreover, few businessmen can make hay in the closed off country without patronage from the state, prompting the question of who might be acting as political cover for the cafe.

But the Palestinians are not engaged in a civil war pitting moderates versus extremists. The reciprocal low level violence between Hamas and Fatah is simply a struggle fueled by greed and patronage.

But their purpose will be lost if pursuing them weakens the very identity of Europe s universities, many of which are used to functioning in a world of state patronage and strict regulation.

This new middle class is no longer constrained by the patronage systems of the village, but it also does not enjoy the cozy relationship that links the old middle class with the elite.

This new middle class is no longer constrained by the patronage systems of the village, but it also does not enjoy the cozy relationship that links the old middle class with the elite.

However, over reliance on Russia for a strategically vital commodity widens the divergence of interests between members, like Germany, that share a privileged partnership with Russia, and those, like Poland, that consider the Kremlin a threat. Much as Austria s alignment with Germany drove the Slavs to seek Russian patronage at the expense of imperial unity, European alignments with Russia drive the new members to seek US patronage at the expense of EU unity.

Few Party officials really wanted to be troubled by the complexities of such calculations anyway, but either abided by them or paid them lip service, for the sake of maintaining patronage and seeking promotion.

The idealism of India s freedom movement quickly evaporated after independence in the face of the opportunities for patronage that came with power. The way India s political system evolved has made politics the surest path to wealth.

Why do Afghans perceive as illegitimate a government put in place by an agreement to which all factions assented, a government that was confirmed by a duly constituted National Assembly (Loya Jirga) held under international patronage?

Her policies, therefore, may be seen as desperate measures to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne at all costs, and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline.

Since then, and until the DPJ s victory in the 2008 upper house election, Ozawa was almost always at the center of political battles against the LDP, building an effective political machine by making the most use of the art of patronage.