In 1981, this became a majority for Labour, and from 1985 there was again no one-party control.

That one-party control fostered the town's history of corruption and the nickname Crookhaven, critics said.

But some political analysts also expressed concern about the one-party control.

There are two very important ways in which the Clinton Administration and Congress, soon to be under one-party control, can help mayors develop local solutions.

But the public's preference for one-party control was thin and dependent on partisan hopes.

Either way, the days of absolute one-party control in Japan seem to be over.

Even with one-party control, the vast differences in the way the House and the Senate operate make policy blowups inevitable.

Did Americans want one-party control of the White House and Congress?

Three years after the President declared an end to one-party control, the ruling party appeared to be coming back.

But the Republican leadership now documents trends that reveal the hazards of prolonged one-party control.