Sentences with phrase «exercised vast powers»

In these circumstances an urgent application needs to be made to the High Court in England requesting the Court to exercise its vast powers under what is called the Inherent Jurisdiction, such as making the children a Ward of the Court and ordering the abducting parent to return the children.

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The two trials laid bare many of the secrets the commission might have uncovered — with testimony about the vast, almost unilateral power exercised by legislative leaders, the way powerful real estate interests dole out campaign contributions, legal referrals and jobs to line politicians» pockets and maintain access, and how money is hidden by evading disclosure laws and funneling it through relatives, law firms and title fees.

The focus of this book is on free weight exercises... the vast majority can be done with just barbells, dumbbells, a power rack, and a bench.

His newest book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools (2011), provides the first comprehensive study of this nation's teachers unions: exploring their historical rise to prominence, their exercise of power in collective bargaining and politics, and the vast and troubling consequences for kids, schools, and genuine reform.

During its celebratory opening days, the museum showcased five performances from its collection, acquired over the past decade — among them, Tania Bruguera's iconic meditation on state power Tatlin's Whisper # 5 (2008), in which two police officers on horseback ride through the gallery (in the Tate's case, the vast Turbine Hall), performing pointless crowd - control exercises.

Re # 10: It's not the mirrors as mirrors, it's the idea of destroying the natural ecosystems over vast areas of land in order to generate electricity — and the exercise in either cynicism or sheer obliviousness that is required to call the result «green power».