The rulers of the Nine Cities manage to keep their privileges by nothing short of a miracle.

The act provided for a national parliament and an executive branch under the purview of the British government, but the rulers of the princely states managed to block its implementation.

"No new ruler has managed that in centuries, much less a regent."

However, later rulers managed to out-build him and made his reservoir looked small.

The ruler managed to create an army composed of about 3,000 mounted warriors.

Gusti Ketuk Jelantik and the ruler of Buleleng managed to escape to allied Karangasem.

Lowered eyes everywhere around the town square attested to the degree of fear that the new ruler had managed to inject into the day's activities.

From 1354 to 1435 the rulers managed to uphold a balance between the various fiefs.

Estonian rulers also managed to crush the St. George's Night Uprising in 1345 after a two-year struggle.

The unjust form of subjection "is that of slavery, in which the ruler manages the subject for his own [the ruler's] advantage."