Sentences with phrase «from powerful family»

The Pope was frequently from a powerful family like the De Medici, but that should not turn anyone off to God and the people that do good works in His name.

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Scopo was a powerful labor racketeer, and he used his position to extort money from cement contractors, which would then be divvied up between four mob families.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

The rest of MAGAnomics is of the same vein: transfers of economic and political power from ordinary working families to the powerful interests that have backed Trump and his billionaire cabinet.

For gaming, a more powerful graphics card, such as something from nVidia's 8800 GT family, would be appropriate.

It has proven very difficult to bring the savings rate down because this can only happen by diverting resources away from wealthy and powerful groups and families in favor of ordinary households.

In addition, the ongoing war with Yemen, the abrupt resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Saudi soil, and the internal power struggle within the Saudi monarchy leading to the detention of a large number of powerful members from the royal family sum up the major ongoing conflicts in the region.

This can be a powerful asset preventing you, your spouse, and your family from needing to start over building a new advisor relationship later in life.

Under pressure from powerful special interests who manipulate the language of «rights» and «freedom» in ways that contradict «the laws of Nature's God,» our atheocratic government now deems itself competent to rewrite the God - given definitions of marriage and the family.

Featuring new stories from Ann's blog, powerful excerpts from the New York Times bestseller The Broken Way, and Ann's signature photography from her farm and family, this gorgeous book will be a profoundly meaningful and needed gift — not only to your own weary soul, but any loved one looking for the relief of a bit of beauty and abundant joy.

Little Georgie Dubya was from skull & bones, an organization that hand picks people from wealthy families to be placed in powerful positions to make policy from banks, oil industries, world trade, education, wall street, and yes... politics.

We may end our article where we began it, by quoting from the Novena of Cardinal Newman: Philip, my holy Patron, who wast so careful for the souls of thy brethren, and especially of thy own people, when on earth, slack not thy care of them now, when thou art in heaven... Be to us a good father; make our priests blameless and beyond reproach or scandal; make our children obedient, our youth prudent and chaste, our heads of families wise and gentle, our old people cheerful and fervent, and build us up, by thy powerful intercession, in faith, hope, charity and all virtues».

If we interpreted letters we received over the years from family and friends the way that powerful church organizations interpret scripture to protect their own interests we would see the error in how we minimize God's creation.

So this year as you start the process of getting gifts for your family, please also begin a tradition of giving shoe boxes to children around the world that are longing to feel that powerful, tangible touch from the God that loves them.

(For an interesting global perspective on contraception, be sure to check out Rachel Marie Stone's post on the topic, where she cites this powerful statistic from USAID: «Family planning could prevent up to 30 percent of the more than 287,000 maternal deaths that occur every year, by enabling women to delay their first pregnancy and space later pregnancies at the safest intervals.

2: Greens: Greens, especially from the cruciferous vegetable family are powerful detoxifiers.

Begovic also praised Conte for creating a «family atmosphere» and the goalkeeper then responded to a question from team - mate Victor Moses about which player had the most powerful shot, with defenders David Luiz and Branislav Ivanovic coming out on top in the eyes of the Bosnian.

The mild surfactants and emulsifiers derived from coconut oil penetrate and stains and odours for a pure and powerful clean for the entire family without the use of artificial brighteners and softeners.

From mocking Bush as low - energy to refusing to apologize to his wife for bringing her into the debate on immigration, Trump consistently embarrassed a scion of one of the most powerful families in the Republican party.

In prison, people are swept into a powerful river of crime, isolating them from their family, friends and communities, and channelling them towards violence, drugs and despair.

In his new book Elkind, an editor at large at Fortune, tells the story of Spitzer's rise from a state prosecutor who took on one of New York's most powerful Mafia families to politics, in which he lost one bid for attorney general before winning the post in 1998.

«New Yorkers need an Attorney General who will demand accountability from the powerful special interests and deliver justice for the working families of this state,» Schneiderman said in a public statement.

Williams, a Buffalo - area native who decided to raise his family of four children in Central New York after his military career, said he stands apart from Katko and the two declared Democratic candidates - Eric Kingson and Colleen Deacon - because of his experience taking on powerful special interests.

«The primaries were all about that and the platform resulted from these primaries and then the discussion of the powerful ideas, raising taxes on the wealthy, increasing wages and benefits, things like paid family leave, paid sick leave, things that really would have resonated with so many people hurting in this country,» de Blasio told NY1's Errol Louis in his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» segment.

The StB was so powerful it even stole babies from ordinary families to give to agents» childless wives.

Two powerful unions allied with Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that they were withdrawing from the Working Families Party, a small but influential alliance of labor unions and progressive activists.

Though Niagara County's most powerful politician said he no longer harbors «passion» for the job and wants to spend more time with his family, his departure exactly coincides with a widening probe that sources say stems from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.

Evidence collected by public health experts over the past few decades repeatedly shows that less obvious forces, including proper diet and exercise, higher levels of education, good jobs, greater neighborhood safety, and underlying support from family and friends, provide a powerful, and often unappreciated, boost to a community's health and well - being.

Families run themselves ragged getting to and from all those activities, sometimes so busy they miss out on what I, as a functional - medicine doctor and mother, think is the most powerful influence on the health of the child both in the future and today: making dinner together.

Cooking with salt blocks is emerging as a powerful but accessible technique, appearing everywhere from Iron Chef America competitions to ritzy Las Vegas steak houses to backyard family barbecues.

2: Greens: Greens, especially from the cruciferous vegetable family are powerful detoxifiers.

Oregano - A long - time, go - to remedy for our family, oregano has been a powerful ally in our house for battling everything from strep throat to PANDAS and oppositional defiant disorder.

These powerful techniques provide relief from the extreme stress of military life including multiple deployments, traumatic events, and reintegration with family and community.

The knowledge I have acquired from your blog is so powerful and essential to my family's overall health.

I have several friends and family dealing with chronic health issues, and having dealt with them myself, I have found this Psalm to be a very powerful balm for the anxiety and nervousness that comes from illness, and not knowing where to turn for help when doctors have no answers.

North Korea stripped Jang of his powerful posts and expelled him from the ruling Workers» Party of Korea during a meeting of the Political Bureau of the party's Central Committee on Sunday, but many analysts doubted Kim would go so far as to execute a member of his own family.

But my desire to make a family was definitely more powerful so I managed to find the system that is also known as online dating service, which gave me the opportunity to date lots of single ladies from Russia.

Even as the case is progressing, the film's center of gravity switches from the trial to the progress of Beckett's disease, and we briefly meet his lover (Antonio Banderas) and his family, most especially his mother (Joanne Woodward), whose role is small but supplies two of the most powerful moments in the film.

This powerful drama unfolds when his father, played by Oscar ® winner Jon Voight, is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Synopsis This powerful one - hour family drama from executive producer John Wells (ER) and creator / supervising producer Matthew McNair Carnahan (Black Circle Boys) centers on the McCallisters, a working - class Irish - Catholic family from New York's Hell's Kitchen, whose five young - adult siblings lead contrasting lives and whose fierce loyalties are often pushed to the limit.

The ultimate underdog among the nine Best Picture nominees, it might actually be the most traditional kind of Oscar winner: a powerful drama about a young Indian boy who gets lost from his family, then tries to find them over 20 years later.

Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) is a man seemingly down on his luck but his self - imposed exile from society is the result of his parents being murdered at the hands of a powerful criminal family.

From scenes filled with raging fires to quieter, more dramatic moments between the men and their families, the story is made even more powerful and immersive in Dolby Vision ™ and Dolby Atmos ®.

In addition, despite the presence of an all - powerful police state dictatorship which can rip young people from the arms of their families at will, the populace dresses like rejects from any city's Gay Pride parade, with hairdos similar to the Whos of Whoville.

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The black sheep of a family tries being a better human being in the ferocious, powerful «Krisha,» a remarkable feature debut from writer - director - editor - producer Trey Edward Shults.

Filmmaker Joe Johnston, working from Adam Mason and Simon Boyes» screenplay, delivers an opening half hour that is, to put it mildly, less - than - engrossing, as the movie is initially concerned with the central character's work - related exploits and his company's efforts to mount a case against a powerful mafia family.

Based on the incredible true story of Saroo Brierly, an Indian orphan who used Google Earth to locate his biological family after getting separated from them 25 years earlier, «Lion» is a good old - fashioned tearjerker that boasts some powerful performances from its two leads.

Screenwriters: Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel 40 years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan.

In examining the Hyde «ship,» Traub's bias (that is, school = classroom) prevented him from setting foot into its powerful engine room: the Hyde Family Education Program.