Sentences with phrase «as powerful nations»

In the years following World War II, as powerful nations worked to rebuild, both physically and emotionally, and millions of people were transplanted worldwide, change was undoubtedly in air.

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An international listing of Aramco was seen as the centerpiece of the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's efforts to reshape the Saudi economy and reduce the nation's reliance on oil revenues.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing today, on the second and last day of what has been billed as a long - range «strategic economic dialogue» between the two powerful nations.

For Hu, it was a «legacy» visit, his swansong as the head of the world's most populous and potentially most powerful nation before stepping down as the leader of the Communist Party of China in 2012.

No battleships and bombers; but large, powerful nations can still play other games; such as cyber war and attacks on the other nation's currency.

The United States was by far the most powerful nation after the war and held far more gold than anyone else as well.

The social media platform made such data grabs easy for app developers — though it began severely restricting them in 2015 — and Wylie saw it as a powerful way to study an entire nation on a scale at once broad and precise.

The Church believes that the explanation is both simple and powerful: Orthodoxy helps Russians understand who they are as a people and what makes Russia unique among the world's nations.

Transnational corporation penetrates as the mighty economic power, and the military of the powerful nations penetrate politically through inter-locking systems alliances and their strategic and tactical coordinations in the name of peace and security.

Current development can, in fact, be described as the process by which the rich and more powerful reallocate the nation's natural resources in their favor and modern technology is the tool that subserves this process.

«Help yourselves, heaven will help you» or «Forget aid, compete», this is the new doctrine as preached and imposed by the leaders of the most powerful nations.

Within that context, of course, [as President] you're called to a very unique task — to be the leader of the free world and the most important political figure in the greatest and most powerful nation on earth.

It is not referred to as terrorism, for powerful nations have the weapons to wage war and only the weak have to resort to terrorism.

The Islamic world encounters the face of Christian fundamentalism in the trigger - happy fundamentalist cowboy from Texas who, as president of the most powerful nation on earth, is ready to wage war against any nation that stands in the way of America's economic interests.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

Even if this does not happen, even if the United States continues on as the greatest and richest and most powerful nation in the world for many generations to come, are you making preparations now to hold the fort for future Christian generations?

Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

Schweitzer's decision to go to Africa as a medical doctor stemmed from a powerful urge to counteract the centuries of rape, pillage, murder and hatred «Christian» Europe had perpetrated against the «colored» nations of the world.

The President and others who recognize the shortcomings of the colonization of peoples by more powerful foreign nations would do well to heed the words of Pope Francis — for whom the President often expresses admiration — about the new form of colonization, holding foreign aid as a hostage when their nation's views reflect a different understanding of the human person, one held by many Americans as well.

After all, history, and even recent history, knows instances where a powerful personality, temporarily and for particular ends, has come to embody in himself the spirit and purpose of a whole nation, and has been spontaneously recognized as its representative, in a more than formal sense.

-LSB-...] Global governance can be «described» as the new global political regime which informally came about in the course of the post-Cold War conference process of the United Nations (1990 - 96), when a new «global consensus» was built, not primarily by governments themselves but through a historical and strategic partnership between the UN and so - called «non-state actors», mainly powerful western - based NGOs.

Looking at the varied interplay of these factors makes for a powerful and very successful sociological analysis that can be applied to many situations — businesses, churches, (including dioceses and parishes) as well as clubs, movements and whole nation states.

He looked forward to the day when the crisis having passed «decentralization would be the order of the day» and viewed the crisis as primarily a moral one, warning of the persistent temptation to greed and avarice of the world's most powerful nation.

Organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have been formed by the powerful nation states to foster globalization.

Those in power, in all levels or education, government and the private sector, have become far to powerful and hell - bent on making the USA a Christian Nation, there is no way in hell, that they would let Christianity to ever be seen an taught as anything but perfect.

Instead of pretending injustice doesn't exist or opining that «they should just get over it already» or paying lip service to «things are so much better now,» there is something spiritual and powerful to repentance, confession, and seeking forgiveness as individuals, religious communities, and a nation.

National economic security nets of self - reliance and protection, wherever they exit, are rapidly eroded in the name of the open market, as the weak economic agencies in every nation are exposed to the market plays of the globally powerful economic agencies.

When the crisis finally ended, the shift in world power was complete, with the United States emerging as the most powerful nation on earth.

asdf, And as such, it is permissible for him to lie to us «infidels» if it will get him elected to as President as the most powerful nation on the planet.

According to the Rosary on the Coast's website, Catholics in Poland «responded to what they sense as a movement of the Holy Spirit to gather around the coasts of their nations and pray to Jesus, the Divine Mercy, for a renewal of faith and respect for human life through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary».

They control the majority of the World's wealth and arguably are one of the most powerful blocks in the world, hardly a quality one would associate with a «minority» Perhaps the millions of non Christians who lost land or culture (not to mention millions of lives) as a result of Christian nations colonizing the World justifiably would call this headline atrocious as it simply is historically untrue if one looks at the World over the past 300 or so years and it ignores the reality of suffering brought forth by a particular religion that seeks to change all people to any one particular religion.

This video features powerful and insightful commentary shared by well - known and highly respected professional and collegiate coaches, as well as expertise from some of the nation's leading youth sports educators.

As China rises, as India and other large population countries follow and with the USA already so powerful; so to maintain strength and influence, to defend our interests adequately, nations of our size will cooperate based on proximitAs China rises, as India and other large population countries follow and with the USA already so powerful; so to maintain strength and influence, to defend our interests adequately, nations of our size will cooperate based on proximitas India and other large population countries follow and with the USA already so powerful; so to maintain strength and influence, to defend our interests adequately, nations of our size will cooperate based on proximity.

He sees education as a powerful beacon which if properly harnessed can banish the scourge of poverty, ignorance and disease and set a nation firmly on the path to greatness.

Isn't it, that British Prime Minister David Cameron chose the very moment President Muhammad Buhari was airborne on his way to Cameron's country to remind the world of the very malaise that had crippled a country the same Britain once saw as an emerging powerful nation at independence?

The fact that the Greek people see their misfortunes to an extent as the result of an externally - pursued strategic reduction of their living standard is perhaps the clearest indication that EU and its most powerful member states need to be careful when interacting with this proud nation.

This can be done, according to him, by cooperating with China as «China is the only nation that can provide powerful economic disincentives for North Korea».

One awesome, powerful nation whose presence on the world stage as a leader, as a peacekeeper, a society of warmth and kindness, a hub of talent, an attendant of culture and heritage, and an architect of change can not be denied.

Plus, you are seen as more powerful / influential in the community of nations.

Wale Adebanwi, en route to a new professorial chair at Oxford University, England, had gathered a lean but powerful assemblage, for a select reading of his new book, The Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning (NY, USA: University of Rochester Press, 2016).

With this collection she has produced a painful and powerful vision of a nation throughout its stages of anticipation and agony, while reminding us all that the pictures we see on news screens are not quite as distant and irrelevant as we might sometimes imagine.

The groundswell over the Harvey Weintein sexual harassment that has rocked Hollywood moved into California's capital as more than 140 women — including lawmakers, senior aides and lobbyists — came forward to denounce what they describe as pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men in the nation's most influential legislature.

As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

But there are powerful reasons for requiring such support, such as preventing constitutional provisions that are strongly opposed by a substantial minority of the country from being enacted, which would undermine the nation's allegiance toward the Constitution.

Whereas, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and leader whose ideas impacted a generation and transformed the social, political, and cultural landscape of our nation; his impassioned «I Have A Dream» speech delivered at the historic March on Washington in August of 1963 was heard in homes across the country and is recognized as one of the most powerful and profound orations in American history

He added that when an entity becomes powerful as America in the world, such a nation needs to consider other nations before taking major decisions.

Our nation needs his ministry, as we can all testify from his powerful address this morning.»

With restrictions of some democratic rights; restrictions of freedom of expression, and geo - political maneuvering, he has managed to place Russia again as a major player, and as a counter force to the United States when it comes to the world's most powerful nations.