Sentences with phrase «give less power»

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Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

Shaq's book report revealed it had been less than transformative: «This is about a young man who has power, wealth, and women (much like me), and gives them all up to pursue a holy life (not so much like me).»

He gave the example of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he would argue has less power today than five years ago because of economic turmoil caused by sanctions and a middle class of an unprecedented size and aspirations.

Two years ago, I gave away an old Plasma TV because it used so much power (400 watts per hour of use) and replaced it with a bigger LED LCD TV that uses less than half the power.

But what if the answer to a deficit of corporate legitimacy was to give shareholders even more — not less — power?

More will come to understand this and less will feel compelled to surrender to the fear which inspires religous teachings, gives power to those who lead (and abuse) it and keeps us from more honestly connecting with it in ourselves.

Instead of creating a false god in your mind to mock, perhaps you would do yourself a favor to spend your mental energy considering the type of outside and eternal power that is required to create anything, why that power would create anything, why that power would give its created beings a will and ability to ponder existence, how that power would communicate with its creations, and how anything less than that power could co-exist with it in eternity.

Some time fears and acts of fears leads people to what you fear most to happen... so it is how it will be played that will determine the future... so as BO said that to show good feelings and give a helping hand will make you less enemies than if go on the bases of power and superiority...

The doctrine of the ascension may have been given bad press because of its popular meaning, which seems related to ideas like «ascending to the third floor,» and less often to «ascending to the place of power.»

Would it give his words any more or less power?

The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life», but then proceeds to add quite a new interpretation of the resurrection power of Christ in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection» of which Jesus has spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a truth of less importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence of the latter.»

Members who worship sporadically are much less likely to be able to see the world in a new way, given the power of intellectual, moral, and social values of the world in which they live most of their lives.

The constant threat of anarchy may have given him a different attitude toward temporal power than he would have had if he had been born in less troubled times.

We do not deny or circumscribe the Creator, because we hold he has created the self - acting originating human mind, which has almost a creative gift; much less then do we deny or circumscribe His power, if we hold that He gave matter such laws as by their blind instrumentality moulded and constructed through innumerable ages the world as we see it... Mr Darwin's theory need not then be atheistical, be it true or not; it may simply be suggesting a larger idea of Divine Prescience and Skill... At first sight I do not see that «the accidental evolution or organic beings» is inconsistent with divine design - It is accidental to us, not to God.»

Jesus gave proof of his compassion and power in his healing of women no less than of men: Peter's wife's mother (Mt. 8: 14f.

Hansen's assessment is simple: we need, as a planet, to be emitting less carbon dioxide inside of ten years — an enormous task given that China and India are finally beginning to use power in appreciable quantities (and not for luxuries but for the second light bulb or first refrigerator in a house).

If a judge makes a stupid mistake then they are less likely to be given the power that refs are given when they make mistakes.

Robert Truax, the president of the American Rocket Society who designed the steam - powered Sky - Cycle, gave Knievel an 80 - 20 chance of survival, and Evel figured his odds of making it across the canyon were something less than 50 - 50.

Summary: BYU is one of the steadiest entities in college football, typically combining a top - 30 defense with a top - 60 offense, splitting with power conference teams early in a given season, and romping over lesser teams late.

Gazidis has been assessing potential replacements for several years, but has now actively begun the search and wants to preserve many of Wenger's values within a structure that gives the manager rather less power.

He powered the ball into the net following Trent's pass (hopefully the young Liverpudlian adopts this moniker as it's less of a mouthful than Alexander - Arnold) giving former Everton goalkeeper Iain Turner no chance.

Kim John Payne gave a talk about using the extraordinary power of less to raise calmer, happier and more secure children.

Giving them the power to decide means that control issues are less likely to develop.

Just focus on any kind of silly, playful conversation that puts you in the less powerful role, and gives your child the power.

But once you stop playing this particular game with her, you can go back and give Satter's book a more thorough read, and introduce other strategies (proper meal and snacktime spacing, optimizing her nutrition via the few foods she eats, chilling the eff out overall, etc.) that will make mealtimes more pleasant and less of a power struggle over... well, whatever thing your toddler has decided to turn into a power struggle this week.

Women are less present in positions of power because they are taught, from an early age on, to shun particularly «male» careers and give priority to others, more focused on care and communication, for instance.

The European Parliament has been given more powers by successive treaties, but less and less Europeans have bothered to vote in European elections.

I'd also point out that local councils have less power in a real sense given the decline in central - government funding over the course of this decade.

The No side is now developing a more or less shared vision of the division of powers between the UK and the Scottish Parliament if Scotland votes no which would give new powers to the Scottish Parliament in the fields of tax and welfare.

Less than a year ago, however, new revelations came out about NSA surveillance as a result of Edward Snowden's leaks, and this time the Right was deeply divided: establishment Republicans continued to support the surveillance practices of the NSA, whereas conservatives and the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party voiced concerns about whether the NSA was giving the government too much power.

By explicitly giving one person the power to overrule punishments, they make the law less impersonal.

The Governor's wife urged the gathering to develop and strengthen the powers of self control, attain nearness and closeness to God, so as to intensify the consciousness of God in our hearts, resulting in a higher spiritual experience and to continue to give to the less privileged, not at Ramadan alone but at all times.

They also introduced a stand - alone FMAP contingency bill that would give the governor less power over the cash — should it come from Congress — and any cuts that might have to be made if it doesn't, than he had initially proposed.

«It wasn't an impressive delivery because we were not given detailed briefing about the supplementary budget; he didn't talk about fiscal policy except to mention putting less pressure on the interest rate and also said Ghana Stock Exchange is to support the energy sector; but being the acting Power Minister, he didn't stress on the energy crisis and that's a very big problem.

Thorpe's message had a unique resonance, given that he was the last Liberal leader to face more or less the same scenario that Clegg woke up to on May 7th — Thorpe held the balance of power in 1974 and went into talks with the Tories.

Secondary legislation does not necessarily warrant less rigorous scrutiny than primary legislation, particularly given the tendency of Government to insert into Bills very broad regulation - making powers.

Raifman says that the announcement from the Trump administration «suggests that transgender youth are different, negatively stereotypes transgender youth, gives transgender youth lesser rights, and allows for states or municipalities to use their power to enforce lesser rights.»

Given that it uses less data and therefore less processing power, the mapping could potentially be done on - board the drone rather than sending the information to a computer first, says Lindley.

«Given the importance of developing devices that use less power and perform under harsh conditions, there has been a lot of interest within the broader scientific community in determining a way to build transistors that utilizes manufactured diamonds, which are a very durable material.»

«This will enable us to image chemical phases within the smallest available particles, often less than 100 nanometers in size, and still give us the penetrating power to look at large volumes of material, such as thousands of battery particles.

For a given speed, Proteus uses 17 percent less power than a propeller - driven craft of similar dimensions.

The inexorable trend in electronics for the past four decades has been to do more with less — to make transistors ever smaller in order to squeeze more processing power into a given space on a microchip.

The move would give the FCC power to enforce net neutrality as well as open broadband lines up to third - party competition, enabling free markets to deliver better service for less money.

The MST technology gives more precise control over elements added to the silicon channel, a process Mears says reduces variability so smaller transistors that consume less power are practical.

Knees give about 1 fifth or less of running or walking power.

By harnessing the power of Epigentics or in less fancy terms how you eat, how you move, even your thoughts are very important in how your body gives information to your genes and can reprogram them for better or worse.

It absorbs better, it absorbs faster, it gives you less bloat, it gives you more power.

Eating too little or too much on any given day has the power to make us feel less and zap our energy.

It's suggestive that you should not eat sweet potato (or eat much less of it), at least not given the present power of your aerobic system.

The Rimmel crayon I use now is a little bit more sheer (although still quite saturated) and slightly less lasting power, but it's much better value given that it's a fraction of the price.