Sentences with phrase «being in power during»

For historical evidence of the Bible, just look up in your history books about the Assyrians and Babylonians taking over Israel several hundred years BCE, or that the Romans were in power during the time of Jesus, that they did use crucifixion as a form of execution.

AFP: Decade on from riots, Modi eyes main stage He was in power during India's worst religious riots since independence.

This excerpt focuses on the disempowerment of fathers in hospital birth — and the impact of circumcision trauma on men's capacity to be in their power during birth.

«The fact that all three of my opponents for the Democratic nod have been in power during this time should be something every voter in the city of Albany considers as they plan to place their support in this election cycle,» he said.

Not exact matches

For most people the battery will last long enough but, if you're a power user like me, be prepared to plug them in at least once during the day to sneak some extra juice.

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.

In 2014, for example, she joined Amazon (amzn) on stage during the company's annual AWS re: Invent conference to discuss a custom chip Intel helped create to power Amazon's cloud computing business.

«I thought, why can't you take a soccer ball that is already in motion and harness the energy that is being generated during play as an off - grid power source?»

The trucks were used to evacuate people during the Boston Marathon bombings, are stationed at nuclear power plants around the world, and are used by the State Department in hostile regions.

She said nothing in the memo counters the fact, as the president has been insisting, that neither he nor his campaign ever colluded with a foreign power during the 2016 election.

It was a sobering moment in the career of a woman who during 12 years in power became a symbol of stability, leading the euro zone during the debt crisis and seeking compromise within the European Union on a deal with Turkey to stem migrant arrivals.

As the US was rising to its power and glory during the 19 th Century, we had a horrible civil war, 15 depressions [Yes, with a D.], few human rights, little rule of law, periodic massacres in the streets, etc., etc. yet we still became the most successful country in the 20 th Century.

During his time working on interiors, Dyson had been getting increasingly frustrated with the lighting products in the market then - designers were, he felt, more focused on their externalities, as opposed to the technology that was powering them and thus make them more beneficial, efficient, and long - lasting.

And, he says, Hunter and his army of retail investors did nothing that hasn't been repeatedly done by investment bankers, bondholders and hedge funds during other CCAAs, such as the restructuring of Hamilton steelmaker Stelco, where self - serving parties threatened the future of thousands of workers in order to turn a profit after buying voting power from scared creditors.

«CTIA in particular urges the commission not to adopt backup power regulations,» CTIA said in 2011, as the FCC was considering steps to make communications networks reliable during emergencies.

It's why Toyota paid for an ad spot for its hydrogen - powered Mirai during the Super Bowl for viewers in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

However, cookie earnings alone aren't enough to power and expand the reach of Girl Scouts — large - scale investment in Girl Scout programming is crucial during cookie season and year - round, if the organization is to grant girls unparalleled leadership development experiences.

Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

Clearly there are many risks to Xi's political campaign, and unfortunately I have no special insight into how these are likely to play out, but if Xi is able to consolidate power enough to impose the reforms proposed during the Third Plenum, Chinese growth rates will continue to decline sharply but in an orderly way.

Steve has been in the financial industry for over 20 years, during which time he co-founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Investment Planning Counsel Inc. (IPC) which was sold to IGM Financial in 2004, a member of the Power Financial group of companies.

With AI weapons in consideration, however, some nations might adopt a first - strike stance during conflicts to counter the advantages brought by artificial intelligence - powered defense systems.

In an important sense it involves liberalizing reforms similar politically to those that Deng imposed during the 1980s, making it vitally important to their success that the current administration is able to centralize power and create support to overcome the inevitable opposition, which it seems to be doing.

At least a dozen bills to regulate nursing homes are under consideration in the Florida Legislature after 14 people died at a Hollywood, Florida, nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma.

These conditions have never been created in a laboratory environment and exist naturally only during thermonuclear burn, in supernovae and in the fusion reactions that power our stars.

During a meeting with House Republicans in July 2016, Trump was asked for views on Article I (which enumerates the powers of Congress).

At the end of 2013 there were more U.S. wind power megawatts (MW) under construction than ever in history: Over 12,000 MW of new generating capacity was under construction, with a record - breaking 10,900 MW starting construction activity during the fourth quarter.

Energy storage will also release stored power during periods of high demand in the early mornings and evenings, when power prices are at their highest — another negative to the bottom line of gas - fired plant owners.

During the 1970s, when I visited the capital of El Salvador on several occasions, I was able to observe the thousands of swallows that would fill the power lines every evening across from the National Theater in Morazan Plaza.

He found himself in a church one morning, felt the power of God during the altar call — was shaking under that power and ready to commit....

The transition from a superpower duopoly, in terms of military power, to a world monopoly, however, has had, among other effects during the 1990s, that of destabilising the fragile balance upon which the international multilateralism of the United Nations had been able to function, well or badly, during the 1960s and 1970s (following the «defrosting» and decolonisation, both the results of social, cultural, democratic and national struggle).

George Weigel's lecture, and his responses during the discussions that followed, held up as key two observations: that the papal mission is fundamentally defined as «strengthening the brethren,» as a pastoral mission to believers; and that in the pope's addresses to the world and its polities he persuades, and does not» at least any longer» use secular polities» own modes of power.

Varela said the Roman Catholic Church «has conferred to all the priests legitimately approved to hear sacramental confessions, who are in the archdiocese of Madrid during August 15 to 22, the delegated power to remit during the sacrament of penance the excommunication... corresponding to the sin abortion, to the faithful who are truly sorry, imposing at the same time a convenient penance.»

If we compare the power I exercise by way of sound waves upon your ears (power, sense 1) with the power that I, in action, exercise upon some neuron that fires or is inhibited from firing during the action (power, sense 2), we see a marked difference.

But as Catholic theology progressed, it was decided that the power of the meal was not in what happened during the meal, or in the gathering of people for the meal, or really in the food itself, but in the bread and the wine after it had been blessed by the priest.

During the reign of Wu - Tsung (841 - 846), Uigurs who were a powerful force in Central Asia and had great influence in China came to the end of the period of their power.

The Pax Romana or «Roman Peace» was a term coined by the people in power during the first - and second - century Roman Empire.

Furthermore, during the procession of the yearly festival she is taken to the borders in every direction (North, South, East and West) and a sacrifice is performed for her in order to energize her powers to guard and protect the colony and its inhabitants at all the strategic points of the geographic boundaries.

Food storage is viewed as a practical measure, one that can come in handy during, say, a crippling superstorm, massive power outages or unforeseen financial hardships.

This new «Power» which the doubting Wilson was later to embrace and «empower» did not gain ascendency in his life during his Bible study in the home of Dr. Bob and Anne Smith in the summer of 1935.

During his 2003 State of the Union address, George W. Bush baffled some listeners when he declared that there was «wonder - working power» in the goodness of American people.

Wimber believed power evangelism was the most effective means of evangelism in the early church and power evangelism was present during periods of great missionary expansion and renewal throughout church history.

During the Ming dynasty Muslims continued in positions of power, some historians even going so far as to say that the Ming was a dynasty of Muslims.

To see the argument in its pure form, though, it is necessary to look instead at Bentham's argument in favor of infanticide, or, as he calls it, «the power of breeding - up or not during early infancy.»

it is necessary to look instead at Bentham's argument in favor of infanticide, or, as he calls it, «the power of breeding - up or not during early infancy.»

During the Muslim Brotherhood's time in power, various radical Sunni preachers took advantage of the Islamists» rule and insisted on a religious authoritative ruling (fatwa) affirming that Muslims are not supposed to congratulate Christians on Christmas day.

In this scenario, core power in the contemporary world has remained divided to a much greater extent than it was, say, during the nineteenth century under British rulIn this scenario, core power in the contemporary world has remained divided to a much greater extent than it was, say, during the nineteenth century under British rulin the contemporary world has remained divided to a much greater extent than it was, say, during the nineteenth century under British rule.

Powerful regional and caste - based politicians were no longer content to broker votes for an upperclass elite within the Congress, and wanted their own share of state power; during the Eighties many hitherto imperceptible political assertions became louder, turning into what V. S. Naipaul in a book published in 1990 termed «a million mutinies now.»

In order to do this the government invoked Article 82 of the Belgian constitution, which had been used during World War II when the king was in the hands of the enemy» the Nazis» and the government had taken over the king's powerIn order to do this the government invoked Article 82 of the Belgian constitution, which had been used during World War II when the king was in the hands of the enemy» the Nazis» and the government had taken over the king's powerin the hands of the enemy» the Nazis» and the government had taken over the king's powers.

Secularism and humanism were eclipsed in Europe during the Dark Ages, when religious piety eroded humankind's confidence in its own powers to solve human problems.

ok so the year is circa 73 ad and the jews have been scattered, skip ahead to year 81 ad and emperor Domitian is in power, what he does is out of fear of death — exerp from a page i lost years ago, but i have it saved on my hard drive at home — For years the emperor Domitian knew exactly when he was going to be murdered: 18 September 96 A.D. during the 5th morning hour.