Sentences with phrase «in a position of power over»

More and more, tenants are in a position of power over the landlords when negotiating their way into a deal.

I don't want anybody who thinks they are always right about everything in a position of power over others.

I'm without the sin of sack - touching young boys I was in a position of power over.

I haven't had to ward off advances from someone in a position of power over my job or have had to deal with the trauma of an assault.

Do not ever try to place yourself in a position of power over another person.

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As we watch the videos of families crying in Florida we can not comprehend how those voted into power — who hold positions where they are able to create change — continually choose unrestricted gun rights over children's lives.

This is, in the purest of senses, privilege: the ability to avoid the consequences that most anyone else in the same situation would have to endure — and, along with that, the ability to walk all over less powerful people in order to avoid those consequences — due to one's own power and social position.

Over the years, (I am now in my mid - 60's) I have had to leave 4 different churches because of issues of «bullying»... usually from those who were in positions of of great «power» Lay - leaders, Bishops, administrators, choir - «Masters», and even pastors and now my own Priest.

I often wonder if churches attract bullies or if people who get into a position of power in churches find it's easy to use their position to lord it over others and even bully them.

People all over the world, both in positions of power and not, seem to believe that there is room for debate on the issues of climate change, humanity's involvement and the need to transition to a low - carbon future.

The Sadducees came out of the priestly cast in ancient Israel, and over time gained control over the rituals in the Jerusalem temple, a position which also made them power brokers in affairs of state.

Such labels allow us to avoid considering the ideas of others, and if we are in a position of leadership, allows us to maintain some control and power over those who look to us for spiritual guidance.

So to blame the «masculinity crisis» on the few women who have managed to ascend to significant leadership positions in the Church in recent years, especially when men continue to dominate the field, grossly overstates the amount of power women have over the institution and turns them into unnecessary scapegoats.

As the Pope still has significant influence over the less educated masses in these parts of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high risk groups; (c) Using its myriad of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.

One suddenly finds himself in a position of power, and all too often interprets his religion in such a way as to give him more power or to expand his power over others.

I'm rolling with Randle over some of the other big names in the class because I see the raw power and skill that could redefine the power forward position.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Being placed in a position of influence and power over young people requires - to borrow from the Hippocratic oath - that coaches first do no harm, and hopefully do some good.

Being placed in a position of influence and power over young people, however, requires - to borrow from the Hippocratic oath - that coaches first do no harm, and hopefully do some good.

In this prestigious volunteer position Donna will lead over 100,000 credentialed practitioners including registered dietitian nutritionists, dietetic technicians, registered, and other dietetics professionals, into the second century of the Academy — focused on a global vision of «A world where all people thrive through the transformative power of food and nutrition.»

He demanded to know from the NPP if they promised the current Chief Justice, Her Lordship Justice Georgina Wood, her position for presided excellently over the committee that looked into the saga of the missing 77 parcels of cocaine when President Kufuor was in power.

Hitler's ascent to power took place thanks to this wave of emotional frustration over Germany's position in the world.The advent of neuroscience has slowly revealed new potential avenues to understand and decrypt the mysteries of the human brain, which is the seat of our emotions and our morality.

Zhou told jurors that defense lawyers purposely sought to confuse them over the past month - and - a-half in what he said, in the end, is a «simple case» of a top government official allegedly selling his position of power in the Cuomo administration to executives whose companies allegedly got millions of dollars» worth of insider help from Percoco with everything from stalled government payments for a Syracuse construction project to help with an Orange County gas - fired power plant development.

Andrew Percy, Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole, also shot down the claim of colleague Mark Spencer, MP for Sherwood, that the prime minister had obtained a «special status» for the UK in Europe, saying: «There is no special position... it's all legally unenforceable, not a single power is returned and a new treaty handing more power over is being worked up.»

King Sweeney, a Republican who has been at odds with Santino for months over ethics reform, said she would fight any attempts to put Santino «loyalists in positions of power in the new administration.»

The richest of the richest want to take over all the power positions in government so that no one representing the middle class or the poor can stand up to them when they legally «steal» all their money and then pass it on from generation to generation while paying barely any taxes at all.

The Unite official at the centre of allegations of vote - rigging over the selection of a Labour parliamentary candidate in Falkirk resigned from his position at the Grangemouth power plant after a witch - hunt against trade unionists, Len McCluskey has said.

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, has been accused of exploiting his position as an Albany power broker to extort nearly $ 4 million in bribes over about 10 years.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who also vied for the job, expressed «mixed feelings» over the departure of a Latina leader and his desire for more Hispanics in positions of power, but ultimately cast his vote for Johnson.

Over the last 10 years, the change has been dramatic because a new generation of environmental advocates now hold positions of power in the legislature, on the ports commission and on the air resources board.»

Ben Affleck, who worked with Weinstein on «Good Will Hunting,» wrote in a statement on Facebook that he was «addened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass, and manipulate women over decades.»

he informs Goeth — the Nazi commandant is unable to responsibly adapt to the level of power over others his position has afforded him, as witnessed by his swiftly aborted attempt at becoming more judicious in his treatment of the camp inmates in the wake of his conversation with Schindler.

By way of a «Previously on...» recap, the new season returns basically where it left off, following up on the Ice Juice play that left Paul Giamatti's Chuck Rhoades seemingly in a power position over Damian Lewis» Bobby «Axe» Axelrod — though if you know Billions, you know that any power position is, at best, transitory.

Both films take the form of curdled dark comedies about raging misanthropes who abuse their positions of authority — or at least their power over small children, since drunken mall Santas and Chicago's public - school teachers both lack real power — to engage in criminal schemes.

In the 1999 Booth decision, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the Denver board's position, finding that the constitution's grant of «general supervision» over public education to the state board was broad enough to encompass the power to approve local charter schools.

The spending plan would also allow Superintendent Johnson, who's been embroiled with the State Board of Education in a battle over budget and hiring powers, to name up to 10 new positions reporting solely to his office.

Check Skoda's position in JD Power survey over the past 4 - 5 years, check What Car's car of the year awards over the past 4 or 5 years (You'll always find an Octavia, Superb, Fabia or Yeti).

My Silverado includes heated and vented front seats and leather over all five seating positions, memory settings for the driver's seat, power - adjustable pedals, dual - zone and automatic climate controls, and room enough for four of the largest NFL linebackers and a scrawny waterboy in the middle seat in back.

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Quality of financial position plus quantity of resources, incidentally, translates into long - term earning power, whether that earning power evidences itself as unrealized and, therefore, unaccountable for appreciation of undeveloped land (St. Joe Paper); growing cash flows (Forest City Enterprises); enhanced attractiveness as a takeover candidate (Constellation Bancorp or DCA); or rapid increases over long periods in earnings per share as reported for GAAP purposes (SunAmerica).

The trends described in this article are likely to gradually shift the balance of power over the coming decades, but the U.S. is starting from such a dominant position that its strength is unlikely to recede rapidly.

This museum is housed in a former power station and occupies a prime position on the South Bank, with a viewing terrace that affords amazing views over the River Thames and skyline of the City.

Combined with the advertising revenues, this left game publishers in a position of considerable power over the magazines.

Drummond is now a major long term competitor in the international coal market, with over 2 billion tons of reserves that are strategically positioned relative to key power generation markets in the U.S. and Europe.

AB 68 Expands Commission on Judicial Discipline's power to include a person who is a former justice, judge, justice of the peace or other officer of the Judicial Branch who presides over judicial proceedings if the conduct at issue occurred while the person was serving in any such position.

The Human Rights Tribunal is ready and willing to award increasingly large damages awards - especially when the impugned conduct is carried out over a prolonged period of time by a person in a position of power and authority against a vulnerable individual; and

In the Court's judgment, workplace harassment and abusive conduct only amount to discrimination under the Code where the harasser is in a position of economic power over the victim, such as a supervisoIn the Court's judgment, workplace harassment and abusive conduct only amount to discrimination under the Code where the harasser is in a position of economic power over the victim, such as a supervisoin a position of economic power over the victim, such as a supervisor.

Over the past few months, there has been a watershed of allegations against men who held positions of power — in the entertainment industry, journalism, and politics — by women and men who have shown remarkable courage in coming forward and exposing these offenders.