Sentences with phrase «great power among»

The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property — either as a child, a wife, or a concubine — must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

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Among the greatest threats is the continuing lack of power throughout much of the island, after nearly the entire power grid was knocked offline during the storm (about 80 percent of the transmission infrastructure was destroyed).

Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity; Wab Kinew, MLA - Fort Rouge, MB; Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Legislator and candidate for U.S. Congress; Ross Beaty, Executive Chairman, Alterra Power Corp; Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Metro Vancouver, and former Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade; Irene Lanzinger, President, BC Federation of Labour; Michael Tippett, CEO and founder, Wantoo; Tzeporah Berman, Adjunct Professor, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies; Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC; Josha McNabb, Regional Director BC, Pembina Institute; Val Napoleon, Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance, UVic; and Heather Tremain, CEO, Options for Homes, among others.

Since coming to power at the end of 2015, a minority socialist Portuguese government has overcome initial skepticism among market participants and successfully introduced measures to reduce its budget deficit and reform the country's banking system, providing greater stability for investors.

The more economic activity there is, the greater demand there is for oil to power the factories and vehicles, among others.

Among the disciples of Shibli was Abul Kalam Azad, who soon rose to prominence as a writer of great power.

Jesus said in Luke 22:25 that the kings of the earth lord power over the people and yet call themselves the peoples helpers, then He said «It shall not be so with you, for the one who is greatest among you, shall be servant of all.»

The restlessness and criticism awakened by Jesus gave birth to the great nationalist and socialist revolutions of the twentieth century that have dramatically changed the map of the world and reduced Western Europe to one among half a dozen centers of power.

And that is the greatest irony: for the spirit of criticism that among so many academics has fossilized into a pose has its origins nowhere but among the Greeks, who were the first to question critically everything from the gods to political power to their very selves, the first to live what Socrates called «the examined life.»

As long as mankind is what they are, there will NEVER be peace among us, certainly not global peace in any meaningful sense, and anyone who thinks otherwise is either dangerously naïve or pathetically stupid, frankly.Knock the dust off your Bible, Benedict!The great Apostle Paul predicted today's situatio perfectly over 2,000 years ago, and I quote: «But know this: difficult times will come in the last days.For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self - control, brutal, without love for what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, loversof pleasures rather than lovers of God, holding to the form of religion but denying its power»... (2nd Timothy 3:1 - 5)- Hello!

There are certainly economic factors that we also ought to take into account among them, the realization that computers are the means to access to Internet (regardless whether they are portable or not) and computers cost a great deal of money, rendering power also to those who have capital to support access.

He analyzes the disciples» bickering about who should be the greatest among them (Luke 9:46) from the standpoint of advantage, of personal gain, and of power.

Among other achievements, he supported the appeal of a Frankish bishop against a powerful Frankish archbishop, compelled a great - grandson of Charlemagne to take back his divorced wife, excommunicated two bishops for supporting the divorce, and enforced his power over another archbishop who defied it.

It was in the Balkans, however, that «the greatest dangers were to arise: two wars among its nations, one in 1912 and a second in 1913, nearly pulled the great powers in» (p. 436).

LILCO's ambition to rise to the lucrative status of a national broker of nuclear power fell apart due in great measure to a popular uprising among the regular folks of the Town of Riverhead, wherein the Northville — which the state and LILCO referred to as Jamesport — plant was to be built.

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

In an interview, Mr. Walcott said that he had «a great relationship» with the school board president, Yehuda Weissmandl, but that the fragile condition of the district and the level of mistrust of the board among public school parents made it vital to have a monitor with veto power.

Additionally, whereas the BioCycle Study had greater racial diversity than comparable studies (3 — 6), our study was limited by different sample sizes among the racial groups, which may have limited our power to detect significant differences in some of our subgroup analyses.

When the trial ended, Arciero and his team found that although both groups improved on nearly every measure, those who had followed the protein - pacing and antioxidant - rich diet showed the greatest improvements in fitness, including upper body muscular endurance and power, core strength, and blood vessel health (reduced artery stiffness) among female participants; and upper and lower body muscular strength and power, aerobic power, and lower back flexibility among male participants.

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Scott's early montages explaining Getty's accumulation of wealth and power (thanks to Saudi oil, among other things), intercut with the present - day (1973) kidnapping and family drama, give the first half of the film an energy that promises great rewards, a promise thereafter unfulfilled.

Note that the absence of war is not related to the approximate equality of forces that reigns among the great powers, preventing any of them, and any coalition of these units to impose their will.

The most dynamic principals among us are often described as having personalities that «electrify» a school community and provide the «power» that leads people to tackle problems and achieve great success.

Admittedly, online learning is spreading more rapidly within the higher educational system than it is among high schools, and that could be due in part to weaker union power and greater competitiveness among colleges and universities.

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In Montana, among kids in grade 8 in larger districts, the power of poverty over achievement was 2.5 times greater than in smaller districts overall and three times greater in elementary - only districts.

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It is to her great credit that youthful Barnett invokes the power of love and loss among both the young and old with equal tenderness.»

The missing years from the greatest crime saga of all time... it's 1955 and Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families but now he must consolidate his power, save his marriage and take his family into legitimate business.

The story of Hiawatha is a timeless allegory that honors the fact that the Great Law of Peace is based on consensus and shared power among men and women.

Yet amazingly, with such size and power, Great Danes can be reserved and gentle and are well adept to living among people, small children and other small animals.

Melissa Etheridge's impressive contributions to American rock and roll have placed her among the musical greats celebrated in our upcoming exhibition, Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power, September 7, 2012 through January 6, 2013.

This is among the most impressive sculptures ever made honoring Mami Wata — pidgin English for «Mother of Water» — an auspicious being of great spiritual power celebrated throughout Africa and the African Diaspora.

Among other points, Mr. Romm says the «fourth generation» form of nuclear power discussed by Dr. Hansen has no greater potential benefits than other technologies (solar - thermal power plants, for example) that were not mentioned but that could be deployed at large scale much more quickly.

Among other things, it ignores: heating due to changes in albedo; «waste» heat (which may be several times greater than power consumption); convection and advection; etc., etc..

Among renewable energy technologies, the shares in global funding of biomass, solar photovoltaic and wind have increased, while those of ocean, geothermal and concentrating solar power have declined — broadly reflecting the evolving consensus as to where the greatest potential lies.

**** The Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud has heard evidence and received submissions from some of the best in the acoustics and health business: Dr Malcolm Swinbanks, among them.

The bipartisan support is «great to see,» he said, pointing out that Schomacker's district has been among the biggest beneficiaries of wind power.

Overall, the report says «among all industrial sources of air pollution, none poses greater risks to human health and the environment than coal - fired power plants.»

«Among the different spectral peaks thus discriminated, the one at frequency 1.7 Hz has associated the greatest power, and under particular conditions it can be observed at distances as large as 11 km from the wind park.»

In 2006/07, Bayswater Power Station created approximately 14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution, making it equal greatest single source of greenhouse pollution in the country and among the top 100 polluting power stations in the wPower Station created approximately 14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution, making it equal greatest single source of greenhouse pollution in the country and among the top 100 polluting power stations in the wpower stations in the world.

I was among many such researchers some weeks ago at a valuable event on disinformation at the University of Pennsylvania (where, by the way, most of the academics in attendance scoffed at the idea that Cambridge Analytica actually had a secret sauce and any great power to influence elections... but now's not the time for that argument).

«The postwar years (1945 to present) are by far the longest period of peace among great powers since they came into being five hundred years ago.

It's still not as great as a 1990s Nokia, but up there among the best performers in today's power - guzling smartphone world.