Sentences with phrase «denied access to a power»

Youth festivals, in which brutality was common, were one way of venting the frustrations of young males temporarily denied access to power and sex.

Pictures of children who had been denied access to a power tool, told to please put on pants, or offered food they asked for then decided they hated started streaming in.

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The Minjung are deprived of access to science and technology in the industrial society; and they are denied the cultural means to cope with the world information and communication order, now dominated by the global corporate powers.

The Minjung are not only deprived of access to science and technology in the industrial and post-industrial societies; but also they are suppressed by technocracy; and they are denied the cultural means to cope with the world information and communication order, now dominated by the global corporate powers.

But while the voting process itself has been described as fair by most international observers, the political campaign and the actual counting of the votes — no doubt the most important part of the democratic election process — has been characterized by the abuse of power, the excessive role of money, extraordinary events such as power cuts in the polling stations, fights between party representatives, accusations of fraud and scandals in denying observers access to polling stations.

A trade union increases the power of the employees by allowing them to bargain collectively with the employer: when the employer has too much power (e.g., the only job in town), a union can «level the playing field» by controlling a large % of skilled workers and negotiate a better pay or benefits which would otherwise be denied by the employer's access to other labor sources.

If he did make a deal with the Dems, which he denies, it is presumed he or his party got something in return: a road paved, a relative hired, a party favorite unopposed, a no - bid contract for a close friend, access to power, the usual coin of politics.

Yet, they also give patent - holders the power to deny access to others, thereby limiting or denying the public's right of participation to science and culture.

And the problem here is first and foremost citizens being denied easy and low - cost access to information that could improve their lives or that could hold power to account, and this is the realm of rights.

As a young lawyer defending poor inmates on Alabama's death row, Stevenson uncovers unconscionable flaws in the criminal justice system — racial bias, abuse of power, excessive punishment, denied access to legal counsel — concluding that «the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.»

The A 45 — the most powerful hot hatchback on sale, and with currently the most powerful four - cylinder engine in production — is meant to open up AMG to a host of potential fans who have hitherto been denied access to the high - priced, usually V8 - powered cars from Mercedes» sporting arm.

In fact, a $ 30,000 price ceiling only denies you access to V6 - powered 4x4s, the off - road - ready TRD models, and the top - of - the - line Limited trim.

However, he must have some power because he is able to deny just about any but the most persistent of mythological figures access to the Underworld.

Guest post By Alan Caruba The Environmental Protection Agency is using its power to advance the objective of the environmental movement to deny Americans access to the energy that sustains the nation's economy and is using the greatest hoax ever perpetrated, global warming — now called «climate change» — to achieve that goal.

Victims of domestic violence, families dealing with threats or neglect from absentee landlords, and children, seniors, and veterans who are denied access to health care or benefits — they deserve access to the same quality of justice as people with power and money.

Although the province can establish hearing fees under its power to administer justice under s. 92 (14) of the Constitution Act, 1867, the exercise of that power must also comply with s. 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which constitutionally protects the core jurisdiction of the superior courts... the fees impermissibly infringe on that jurisdiction by, in effect, denying some people access to the courts».

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

From holding immigrant women hostage to deny their right to safe, legal abortion to attacking more than 62 million women's access to birth control and evidence - based programs such as the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP), Trump appointees have abused their power to advance an anti-reproductive rights agenda — and they show no sign of letting up.