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Together with effective control of the rubber and tin industries, the British now firmly held the reins of government.
Donald Kennedy, a biologist, former president of Stanford University, and once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, will take the reins at Science in June.
"Having originally been written off as a stop-gap solution, the new President seems to have acquired a surprisingly firm grip on the reins of power," the newspaper observed.
"The passing of the reins to his son, King Mohammed VI, brings grounds for hope that the concept of kingliness will not be synonymous with dictatorship," it added.
He passed the reins to his kids, notably Josh Pons, who is 42 and seems to run the place, although there are Ponses everywhere.