Sentences with phrase «amassed power»

The shift from a Christian frame to Machiavelli's comes when Holloway defines a wicked political leader as one «without principle,» and then proceeds to argue that Trump can not be such a leader, as he appears to have a strong, consistent interest in amassing power.

He was the grandson of Herod the Great, and he, more than anyone else in the Herodian family, had inherited the first Herod's cunning and inordinate gift for amassing power.

They've managed to amass power and money without ever being elected, thanks to their connections to Rep. Joe Crowley, the County Democratic Leader, and his predecessor as both County Leader and Congressman, Tom Manton.

Clegg said after the election that he had no choice but to go back on his word: a national economic disaster loomed, national interest trumps party politics, amassing power and all its trappings through brazen dishonesty was actually an act of sacrifice!

I objected to the underhanded way DiNapoli was appointed in 2007 — a typical Shelly Silver power play - which was all about Shelly Silver amassing power, and not about the best interests of the citizens of New York who support that corrupt bas *** d and his flunkies.

ALBANY — As Sen. Jeff Klein and his Independent Democratic Conference amass power heading into the November elections, Democrats are still weary of the group of breakaway Democrats.

Except when it comes to amassing power, that is.

The hope is that Jordan's character will have better - developed motivations for doing what he does and not just be another bad guy who wants to amass power.

Apocalypse (Isaac), the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible.

Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible.

Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible - worshipped as a god.

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It's part ball - game, part Metroidvania adventure — with gradually amassed powers and abilities unlocking areas of the island.

Not exact matches

The publishers were keen on the agreement because they felt that Amazon was amassing too much power.

As the economist Josiah Stamp recounted of another power trying to control a vast territory through oppressive means, «the Government [of British India] are very keen on amassing statistics — they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams.

As a result, Nerdist has amassed Jedi - like star power: Tom Hanks has appeared on the Nerdist podcast, Neil Patrick Harris made a series of puppet - based YouTube videos for the company, and the cast of Mad Men met up for All Star Celebrity Bowling.

According to the Minerva research team at Georgia State University, the 2014 expansion of IS» so - called Caliphate was foretold by «Wiki Baghdady» - a Jihadi insider, but more than likely an al - Qaida agent - who predicted IS would amass multiple group allegiances and then announce them simultaneously in order to project power and influence.

Zuckerberg and Sandberg have been happy to amass great wealth and power relying upon other people's money and the public's trust, but they do not want to be accountable to those who supply the needed resources.

And most importantly, can it outweigh the impact its benefactors have, by definition, already made on global society, simply by amassing huge amounts of wealth, information and power through an inherently long - biased economic system?

The revelations about Facebook and what happened with Cambridge Analytica have spurred a major public backlash and a reevaluation of the power the social media giant has amassed.

He has amassed a lot of responsibility and power internally in his time at Twitter.

How did those four firms amass so much power and what does that imply for our futures?

Therefore, given the difficulty in amassing such processing power, six confirmations is an often - cited standard for the validity of transferred funds.

He was concerned with doing God's work here on earth instead of amassing political power.

In a very interesting chapter, «Playing the Bishop, Capturing the Queen,» Coontz is at her best as she chronicles the wild maneuvers of European royalty as they tried to protect their holdings and amass political power and fortune by arranging marriages with royal families of foreign provinces and nations.

Humans still can not fly on their own power, but have amassed the knowledge necessary to do so with the aid of aircraft, parachutes, paragliders, etc..

The pressures of «the world» — the pressures to amass wealth and to struggle for power — are enormously strong, and so is the threat that our humanity be diminished to the capacity to make a contribution or to «make a difference».

How has the State come to amass such power that it now feels free to assault the most fundamental relationship of all, that between parent and child?

The only time sides must be chosen, is when political or temporal power is being amassed in the name of a religion, which is the reason people have been moving away from religions in the first place.

And ordinary words in the mouths of politicians have become weapons against trust itself, betraying anyone who hasn't amassed enough wealth and power to insure against betrayal.

Ours is a society that has amassed more wealth and power than any other in history.

However, it must come to each of us, in the night, or in a moment of uncertainty in the day, that perhaps America and even Israel are just like all the other places; that perhaps we have not built the walls high enough or amassed enough power or might to protect what we have earned.

Through the World Trade Organization, they are amassing even more power.

Indeed, the huge financial incentives attached to political office provide the basis for ordinary citizens to see political power as an opportunity to get out of poverty and amass wealth.

Tell the Department of Justice that you're against these monopolies amassing illegal power over consumers, before it's too late.

Though the abrasive Cuomo isn't quite adored by his party, he has amassed significant power; the Democratic political establishment is expected to back his reelection bid.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

«Paladino has amassed considerable power and influence in western New York through his real estate development, political campaigns, media presence, elected office, and campaign contributions,» the group's director Sam Magavern wrote in a statement.

First there was the obvious: Cuomo didn't weigh in on whether Silver should be jettisoned as speaker of the Assembly, a post he's held since 1994 and since amassed a great deal of power and influence.

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Jewish history and fantasy unfold when the rabbi thaws out and comes to life during a power outage and embarks on a mission to share his spiritual talent while amassing groupies.

For nearly an hour, assistant U.S. attorney Tatiana Martins told a jury of nine women and three men of the power Dean Skelos, the former senate majority leader, had amassed in Albany and how he used his position to «strong - arm businesses that depended on his vote in the Senate.»

Some say New York should alter the landscape so that the state does not coronate another politician with as much power as Sheldon Silver amassed.

At the same time, Fiala may be hoping voters want a lawmaker in Albany — regardless of party — who can bring the same level of contacts and influence in state government that Libous had amassed over decades in power.

Cuomo has amassed a $ 16 million war chest for 2018 with big bucks from Hollywood, a Walmart heiress and New York City power brokers.

Unsatisfied with the power he's amassed in Albany, Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith last year tried pulling off a $ 200,000 bribery scheme to get on the Republican ballot for New...

In the criminal justice reforms, Cuomo charted a course that would not just bring him public credit, but have the secondary benefits of stepping on Schneiderman and amassing more power for himself.

«Over his decades in office, Speaker Silver has amassed titanic political power,» Bharara said.

It is a must - attend event for any elected official in New York, particularly Democrats, and is the 40th annual celebration, reminder and illustration of the political power amassed by «the caucus.»

Clinton talks about the importance of Democrats winning down - ballot races to counter the power Republicans have amassed in state legislatures and governorships.