The other was nominally republican, but in fact exclusively oligarchic and Dutch.

A family dictatorship is a form of dictatorship that operates much like an absolute monarchy, yet occurs in a nominally republican state.

It was a nominally Republican mayor - Michael Bloomberg - who built upon Giuliani's accomplishments.

It is nominally republican, but actually monocratic; a curious anomaly, but highly characteristic of a people little gifted with intellectual integrity.

This childhood trauma (which left me with a permanent twitch) took place in the Upper East Side, the only nominally Republican part of Manhattan.

For a combination of reasons, they turned, however narrowly, to the nominally Republican Mr. Bloomberg.

True, the Democratic public advocate, Betsy Gotbaum, is ahead of him in the line of succession should something happen to the mayor, the nominally Republican Michael R. Bloomberg.

With a nominally Republican Congress, though, President Clinton might be able to drum up bipartisan support to pass a humane modification in the form of a jobs program.

Across the border from Catalonia in the nominally Republican eastern portion of the divided Aragon, the republican state was similarly powerless.

Despite his personal rivalry with Sihanouk and his nominally republican stance, Chantaraingsey aligned with the government after Cambodia achieved independence under Sihanouk's regime.