Sentences with phrase «height of this power»

At the height of its power it sent hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US and laundered billions of dollars in drug money.

Even amid a restructuring, why would a streaming platform in 2016 take on the name of a music sharing startup that was at the height of its powers around 2000 and is still best remembered by many for its legal woes and the record industry consternation it caused?

After Disney's Michael Eisner, Miramax's Harvey Weinstein, and Hewlett - Packard's Carly Fiorina fell from their heights of power, the business media quickly...

The confidence has many roots: the steady decline of models of theology in which «critical appraisal» is the dominant task; receptiveness toward and fresh engagement with classical thinkers, patristic, medieval and Reformation; a sense that the Enlightenment is only one episode in the history of one (Western) culture and not a turning point in the history of humankind; the work of a number of gifted and independent - minded theologians now at the height of their powers who have shown the potency of constructive doctrinal work.

But in another sense nothing will be ended: for at this point, and at the height of its powers, something else conies into operation, a primary attribute of Reflection concerning which we have hitherto said nothing — the will to survive.

Inventor of continuous mechanised paper production techniques, John Dickinson (1782 - 1869) established mills across the world at the height of his powers as a leading, Victorian industrialist.

Michael Carrick and Dimitar Berbatov left White Hart Lane for Old Trafford at the height of their powers and became key players for the Red Devils, and Alli would arguably be an even bigger loss.

Back then, the Panthers were one of the premier programs in America, with 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and consistent finishes at or near the top of the Big East during the height of its powers.

This is what no one really had to deal with before: an Anthony Davis at the height of his powers truly unleashed in the NBA playoffs.

First, in Year 15, LeBron is at the height of his powers on offense.

Vidic and Rio at the height of their powers were an insurmountable wall....

The former Dortmund and Wolfsburg forward might be tempted to try his luck in the Premier League now he's at the height of his powers, but with new Chinese owners at Inter, he might also want to stick around and see how much he gets offered in his next contract.

Ferguson's men, inspired by a striker operating at the height of his powers, punished them in the most brutal manner.

He therefore doesn't hold that level of invincibility he once held at the height of his powers when what he said stood.

Petr Cech has certainly been a top goalkeeper for Chelsea in the past and he was still a quality Number One when he signed for Arsenal in the summer of 2015, but now he has reached the grand old age of 35 he doesn't seem to be at the height of his powers any more.

Yet with Pfaff at the height of his powers, Preud «homme had to make his mark on the Belgian domestic scene.

Ballon d'Or winner Platini was at the height of his powers.

In 2004, Kelly Holmes won double Olympic gold at the end of a career that had already included an Olympic bronze in 2000 and she gave AW an insight into the training programme that took her to the height of her powers

It wouldn't be the first time a team that's no longer quite at the height of their power got their act together for a final hurrah in pursuit of the biggest prize in club football.

With Thiago at the height of his powers, his old club must be wondering how they ever let him go.

Kaka was at the height of his powers in early 2009, but he was reluctant to join a team which was still in progress following the takeover from Sheikh Mansour a year earlier.

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte, at the heights of his power, set out for the most adventurous, and ultimately fatal, military campaign.

It covers Margaret Thatcher's premiership from 1983 - 1987, when she was at the height of her powers and against many odds saw off most of her political foes, both within and outside the Conservative Party.

«There will be national electeds who remember that he, at the height of his power, had the ability to step in and get a map done [for Democrats] and didn't,» one New York Democratic operative said with more than a touch of frustration.

Students of the University of Ghana were charged GHc100 each towards the purchase of power plants for the school at the height of the power crisis that hit the country two years...

The height of this power tower home gym is 85 inches (215 cm), so it is perfect for taller users.

If your ceiling is exactly the height of the power rack or just a few inches taller, then you'll need to install the pull up bar up to 4 notches lower than the default position at the top of the rack.

Ford the mythmaker was at the height of his powers in 1946's My Darling Clementine, but it's a remarkably relaxed and assured piece of work.

Kelly efficiently establishes who Joanne was at the height of her powers at the family's annual New Year's Eve party: fun - loving, no - nonsense, big - hearted.

It begins with promise and verve, though, as we see Dominika at the height of her powers in her former life, performing as a prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet.

A nuanced tale of mutual attraction that reflects a filmmaker and cast operating at the height of their powers, rendering complex circumstances in strikingly personal terms.

Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman have established themselves as game writers at the height of their powers, and The Walking Dead is unquestionably one of the videogames of the year.

There may be money on the screen, but cash alone can't guarantee this kind of pulsating, cinematic magic, delivered by a director at the height of his powers, mustering the very best at their craft.

Elizabeth is at the height of her powers, and, apparently, that leaves the story with only one direction in which to go.

Mahatma Gandhi, at the height of his power and his fame, stands by the side of a lake with his wife of many years.

Above all, «Frozen» shows Disney operating at the height of its powers — that is, running on autopilot with a charming, largely forgettable tale that boasts its ridiculous budget in each shiny image.

Benedict Cumberbatch is a man at the height of his powers and he's now set to star alongside rising UK star Will Poulter, and...

Now in her seventies, Denis is perhaps at the height of her powers, her film projects never more diverse, challenging, or intriguing.

This kind of blind devotion offers evidence of why Hitler was so dangerous at the height of his power.

A chronicler of privilege and prep par excellence, Whit Stillman was at the height of his powers when he made The Last Days of Disco, which receives a respectable but ultimately imperfect Blu - ray upgrade from Criterion.

One of the oldest cities in Mesoamerica, Monte Alban was a major city for the Zapotec people from 500 BC to around 800 AD, serving 25,000 - 35,000 people at the height of its power.

In exchange, Cruise got one of the best roles of his career (something we detailed last week), as much as the film showcases the A-lister at the height of his powers.

Satyajit Ray was ailing when he made them, but these three works from the great filmmaker's final years show an artist at the height of his powers.

«Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk» (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Although watching two - time Academy Award winner Ang Lee's latest feature takes some getting used to, there's no denying you're witnessing a director and an ensemble of actors (led by newcomer Joe Alwyn as Billy Lynn) at the height of their powers.

«Legend of the Mountain» comes from the director's late period, when his visual artistry was at the height of its powers.

«Peter is a writer at the height of his powers and Stephen Daldry is one of the most entertaining and original film directors in the world.

The filmmaking is next level incredible, the performances all sublime; needless to say, this is a film from several masters at the heights of their powers.

A showcase of a writer at the height of his powers.

The original was a Rat Pack heist movie directed by a revered filmmaker who was coasting to the finish line — the millennial edition was an even more impressive constellation of superstars made by a stylist at the height of his powers.

And while his ongoing explorations of his obsessions have led to disappointments like «The Darjeeling Limited,» his return to live action filmmaking following the charming «The Fantastic Mr. Fox» looks to find the director once again at the height of his powers.