Hooge was actually waiting for others to urge him to take the throne, so that he could sit on it without projecting a power-hungry image of himself.

It quotes a professor at Meisei University as describing Ikeda as " a power-hungry individual who intends to take control of the government and make Soka Gakkai the national religion "; the article describes evidence videotaped in 1993 of " Ikeda yelling and pounding on tables in anger and later railing against President Clinton for having refused to meet with him ".

Also, clarity may be enhanced, because low-frequency sounds take a great deal of power to amplify ; with only a single amplifier for the entire sound spectrum, the power-hungry low-frequency sounds can take a disproportionate amount of the sound system's power.

The setting allows one to play games that take place during the famous Pulp Era of literature, filled with ancient dinosaurs, power-hungry gangsters, vengeful vigilantes, amazing superheroes, evil Nazis, bizarre inventions, mystical psionics, hard-boiled detectives, trained martial artists, curious explorers, eldritch aliens, and various other fantastic people, places, and things.

Pelias ( Aeson's half-brother ) was very power-hungry, and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly.

Pelias was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly.

Pelias was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly.

However, flash is re-written using a large pulse of voltage ( about 10 V ) that is stored up over time in a charge pump, which is both power-hungry and time-consuming.

Zoller ’ s predictions for the Age of Aquarius suggest that the Pisces world where religion is the opiate of the masses will be replaced in the Aquarian Age by a world ruled by secretive power-hungry elites seeking absolute power over others.

* Jaye Davidson as Ra, a power-hungry alien being in the form of a young boy, who voyaged across the galaxy searching for a new host that could sustain his dying body.

Atrus realizes that his father is reckless and power-hungry, and with the help of Ti ' ana and a young woman, Catherine, Atrus traps Gehn on his Age of Riven with no linking books.

While Strange Days was on the air, Clark could be seen in the Sci-Fi Channel's Deathlands ( 2003 ), as the young son of a deceased future king who narrowly escapes death at the hands of his power-hungry brother.

A future version of Hiro, allied with a power-hungry group of Titans, travels back in time to modern day to cement their power-base in Teen Titans # 52 ( Jan. 2008 ).

Managing to defeat the power-hungry Wolfgang they are also able to restore the Scone of Stone.

After successfully defeating the bandits, the samurai then launch an attack upon the capital to defeat a power-hungry ruler who has recently risen to power as Emperor.

There were also cases of power-hungry Asuras challenging various aspects of the Gods, but only to be defeated eventually and seek forgiveness — see Surapadman and Narakasura.

In particular, because the officials Wang Shuwen and Wang Pi, who dominated the court of Emperor Xianzong's father Emperor Shunzong — who had previously served as Emperor Shunzong's staff members while Emperor Shunzong was crown prince — were at that time denounced as frivolous and power-hungry, Yuan submitted an essay detailing what he saw as qualifications that the crown prince's and other imperial princes ' staff members should have, and Emperor Xianzong was impressed upon reading it.

", a screaming, bitchy Sheila Copps ( Goy ), the tyrannical Lucien Bouchard, the dopey and overly-image conscious Stockwell Day, the strutting, clucking, pompous Joe Clark, and the power-hungry Paul Martin ( all Ferguson ).

While some scholars praise him as an orthodox saint with great character, others see him as a power-hungry politician who employed questionable ecclesiastical tactics.

* The 1984 book Bridge of Birds ( by Barry Hughart ) portrays Qin Shi Huang as a power-hungry megalomaniac who achieved immortality by having his heart removed by an " Old Man of the mountain ".

Ender discovers, however, the surreal unwitting creation of a new " Valentine " and new " Peter Wiggin " from his subconscious, who embody idealized forms of his altruistic and power-hungry sides.

Savimbi later drew the praise of U. S. President Ronald Reagan, who hailed him as a freedom fighter and spoke of Savimbi winning a victory that " electrifies the world " while others hinted at a much darker regime, dismissing Savimbi as a power-hungry propagandist.

Probably the most famous is his fictionalized role in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, in which Cohn is portrayed as a closeted, power-hungry hypocrite who is haunted by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg as he lies dying of AIDS.

In Baby Doll ( 1956 ), he played a power-hungry sexual man who had been frustrated by a teenage wife.

Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher.

Appearances were deceiving, however, and it was apparent the planet was run by power-hungry politicians who had ruthlessly subjugated the Daemonites as second-class citizens.

Aside from getting Ann Robinson to reprise her role as Sylvia van Buren from the film, the series also obtained John Colicos ( from Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek ) as rogue alien Quinn who, while only appearing twice, was no doubt intended to play an integral part of the series as it went on ( the character's power-hungry nature and middleman status between two worlds is noticeably reminiscent of Colicos ’ role as Count Baltar ).

The series is noteworthy for introducing many of the accepted stock features of Super Robot anime genres: the first occurrence of mecha robots being piloted by a user from within a cockpit, the mechanical marvel that is the world's only hope, forgotten civilizations, power-hungry mad scientists, incompetent henchmen, lovable supporting characters ( usually younger siblings, love interests, or friends of the hero ), the scientist father or grandfather who loses his life heroically, and strangely clothed, eccentric or physically deformed villains ( the intersex Baron Ashura as one example ).

The sadistic, power-hungry warden Rudolph Hazen ( Eddie Albert ), a football fanatic who manages a semi-pro team made up of the prison's guards ( most of whom are big and fast enough to play professionally ), wants Crewe to help coach the team.

But further complications arise from the interference of a power-hungry 19th Century American professor, extraterrestrial creatures known as " Angels "-which is rather a misnomer-and the exploits of the Emperor's Corps of diplomats who refine Machiavellism to unprecedented subtlety.

Look for a power-hungry elf who has a finger pointed at him during our tale.

On April 4, 2007, South Park parodied Donohue in the eleventh season episode " Fantastic Easter Special " as a power-hungry official of the Catholic Church who overthrows the Pope and sentences Jesus (" The Jew ") to death for going against him and contradicting Catholic belief.

The authors depict the administration and their supporters as greedy, arrogant, overtly egotistical, culturally ignorant, nepotist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic power-hungry warhawks who have absolutely no regard for any privacy or human rights other than their own.

Nicole Julian ( Tammy Lynn Michaels ): Nicole Julian is a beautiful, chic, power-hungry cheerleader who consistently manipulates others for her own gain, and is personally responsible for most of the major friction which occurs at Kennedy high school.

Both girls journey day and night to reach the heavens of Vecanti and claim the sword, which is bequeathed onto them by Yūko herself ( who is now a goddess ), with her blessings in stopping the power-hungry prince.

Senator Berzelius " Buzz " Windrip, a charismatic and power-hungry politician, is elected President of the United States on a populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, and promising each citizen $ 5, 000 a year ( approximately $, adjusted for inflation ).

A power-hungry Paolo overdoses on ultraspice, an incredibly potent form of melange, and falls into a catatonic state.

The power consumption of SRAM varies widely depending on how frequently it is accessed ; it can be as power-hungry as dynamic RAM, when used at high frequencies, and some ICs can consume many watts at full bandwidth.

Much of its operation is based on non-binding constitutional conventions, which were often ignored and undermined by corrupt and power-hungry politicians.

Portrayed as a self-loathing, power-hungry hypocrite, he prides himself on his political connections and influence, which he has amassed through decades of corruption.

Muldaur subsequently earned two Emmy nominations for her role as pushy and power-hungry lawyer Rosalind Shays on L. A. Law.

Ruck is perhaps best known for his role as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes ' Ferris Bueller's Day Off ( Ruck was actually 29 when he portrayed the 17-year-old Cameron ), and as Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff on the hit ABC sitcom Spin City, which ran from 1996-2002.

All of this changed on February 17, 2009, when WSYT went digital-only and moved to a less power-hungry transmitter on UHF channel 19.

Alicia turns on her stepfather when she realizes that he is mad and power-hungry, and accidentally causes him to fall to his apparent death out of a window.

Ambitious, extravagant, and power-hungry, she became Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves on 15 March 1806 and Queen consort of Naples on 1 August 1808.

Roy needed a place to stay to adapt to the Earth's environment while on a mission to save the world from a power-hungry alien named Gork.

While Tandon was not perceived to be power-hungry, his relation with Nehru was not on good terms and he was believed to be a protégé of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.