Sentences with phrase «diminished power»

It also mentions the Skype / Microsoft / Nokia (NYSE: NOK) connection, although Nokia's diminished power, and the relative paucity of WP7 devices among users, surely make that less of a domination threat.

The Mustang, although still in production, had suffered greatly through this time; diminished power output and Ford's seemingly complete inability to come up with an attractive body style in the postfastback era were major issues.

Unless you live in an area with a lot of hills, Econ mode works well in and around the city and after a while I didn't even notice the diminished power output.

In comparison, the owner of a Honda hybrid could continue to drive even if the battery pack died — though with diminished power.

Another important factor on the side of charter school advocates is the greatly diminished power of the teachers union, which had often been an obstacle in earlier reform efforts.

Referendums have diminished the power of Parliament and local councils.

In this excerpt: Arbetter's thoughts on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the diminished power of WNY's legislative delegation, and why Carl Paladino is never going to be governor.

In this excerpt: Arbetter's thoughts on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the diminished power -LSB-...]

The global mobility of capital has also diminished the power and significance of the labor movement.

Essentially, Yahoo is paying $ 81 million for a middle manager with diminished power who has built a business with no revenue and lacks the experience necessary to work in a big company.

In so doing, it strengthens the power of Verizon and Comcast, and diminishes the power, and ultimately the need, for backbone providers whose competing services keep connection prices down.

This greatly diminishes the power of hackers, who have no entrance point to steal information.

If the investor has already read through everything you're going to present, start to finish, the result will be a «spoiler» effect that diminishes the power of the story you're trying to tell.

On top of all this, governments of all stripes are diminishing the power of unions through legislation.

So our choosing this way or that way of living is still our free choice and thus is not diminishing His power in the least.

What I do know, in any case, is that, even if they were, that would not in any way diminish the power and efficacy of the sacraments of God.

Those who use contraception diminish their power to unite and they give up the opportunity to co-operate with God in the creation of life.

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But ironically, by undercutting Scripture's authoritative and culturally directed message, they end up by diminishing its power.

Elites now have a strong interest in weakening the nation - state, and thus diminishing the power of the voters to whom they are accountable.

Once again, I am forced to conclude that you are an atheist putting forth poor arguments for god and creationism that diminish the power and authority of those silly positions.

The R's govern to diminish the power of the people and give as much as possible to the already powerful.

So, strong hips with weak calves and Achilles will diminish your power transfer to the ground.

The flip - side of that is his autocratic nature made it difficult to make appointments which would diminish his power, but the responsibility for doing that still lay with the club itself — the board and the owner.

But the measure has never been brought to a vote in the chamber — it diminishes the power of legislators and their leaders — in recent years.

The attorney general's investigation of the pay - to - play culture at the state pension fund during the tenure of DiNapoli's predecessor, Alan Hevesi, led Cuomo to push for reforms to the comptroller's office that would diminish its power.

«Bill de Blasio wants Melissa Mark - Viverito to get as many votes as possible so that he can claim not only a win but a huge mandate and have even more leverage and power to push his agenda and diminish the power of critics and skeptics,» said one labor insider.

In November 2014, Mr. Skelos's Republicans picked up enough seats to control the State Senate without the IDC, and spent the subsequent month negotiating diminished powers for members of the renegade caucus.

«but for the long range goal of diminishing the power of large contributions, it is not as successful as we would like it to be.»

«This local law does not usurp or diminish any power of the planning commission, or the mayor for that matter,» Joy said.

«Commissioners under the law have a lot of power,» he said, «and being acting commissioner doesn't diminish that power.»

Distractions give you escape routes from focusing on the important task, diminishing the power of deep work.

Static stretching is most effective after a workout — if you do it before, you can overextend the targeted muscles and actually diminish their power and strength during the following workout.

Try doing these explosive moves on rubber flooring or grass; anything that's too soft or too hard will diminish your power on each jump or push - off.

This highly addictive artificial stimulant hurts the liver, diminishing its power to keep your blood clean of toxins.

Despite a number of adamant bloggers insisting it will diminish your power output or amplify your gains, the answer actually remains unclear.

Your fullest supermoon is After a turbulent year fending off efforts to diminish our power and silence our voices, women are harnessing their outrage, writes Marianne

The lead role is played with impressive emotional and physical openness by cisgender actor Victor Polster, an issue acknowledged by critics, but one that for most did not diminish the power of the filmmaking.

Flashbacks and dream sequences abound, and purely from a film - watching point of view, they diminish the power of the storyline.

One way to diminish the power of established interests and permit the adoption and implementation of merit pay is to expand choice and competition in education.

Even Gates does not have the resources to beat the unions without first diminishing their power.

The ruling is a blow to Republicans, who have sought to diminish the power of DPI for years and have wrangled with Evers over his adoption of the Common Core State Standards, his opposition to the expansion of the state's school voucher system and how to rate schools under the state's accountability system.

As interest continues to build for his recent book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools, Terry Moe is on the pages of today's Wall Street Journal with a great op - ed examining how continued advances in internet - based learning will ultimately diminish the power of...

It is about decentralizing the public education system as a means to diminish the power of teacher unions.

The aim likely was to diminish the power of unions.

I'm not making light of when someone intentionally hurts your feelings but I am diminishing the power those words hold over you.

While a good editor will elevate your book to the highest level it can go, other editors will do nothing — or worse — diminish the power of your book.

Snow can disorient your dog, and cold can diminish the power of familiar scents.

Finally, in 1980, the president assumed more power and took steps to diminish the power of the military and restore a measure of rule by popular support.

Now, with slightly diminished powers, the group must wage their hardest battle yet.