I don't have quotes on hand to back this up, but I think this is how it works with the ring. Sauron takes a certain amount of his original power and pours it into the ring, what this does is for one gives him that control over the other rings, but I believe it also magnifies his power, so that he has more power than he did before he had the ring. When he loses the ring he not only loses control over the other rings, he also loses that power gain given by the ring. Here's how I see it:
Sauron had 10 units of power.
Sauron puts 5 units of power into the ring.
Sauron with ring now has 5 units of his own power, plus the 5 in the ring, plus a bonus of 2.
Sauron loses the ring and he goes back down to 5 units.
If Sauron gets the ring back he's back up to 12 units.
[ November 28, 2002: Message edited by: Mhoram ]
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