Sentences with phrase «into a position of power in»

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.

When I claim that label, I'm connecting not only with a number of active feminists who are working today to help women, but with an ongoing history of feminists who got women the vote, who made birth control happen, who got women into positions of power in the government, who worked to rectify racial inequality and fight against things like mandatory sterilization of welfare recipients.

Not exact matches

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

Though the President - elect will be coming into power with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate, many of his most popular positions, like his hardline stances on trade and immigration, are not exactly popular with Congressional leadership.

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.

«All the time not having a clue that they were being whispered against, campaigned against by both Catholics & Anglicans who made it palpably clear that this initiative was detrimental to the «dialogue towards unity» and temporarily compromised their positions as oecumenical ambassadors - that this was a counter-productive «wacked - out» scheme by an ailing Pope who merely needed to be placated until he died - hence delaying tactics, obfuscations, procedurality, red tape and making everything as difficult and administratively untenable as possible; with patronising sympathy and hand - wringing at their lot while sneering, dismissing and chuckling to themselves that the whole thing will eventually come to naught... that the administration will crumble via crises and power politics andpersonality clashes and outright frustration at the situation... and ultimately the Ordinariate will be re-integrated into the Conference system and those not happy about it will crawl back to their friends in the C of E.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

If by the power of God's grace we are in a position to accept ourselves as pilgrims, as mortal men seeking their way with difficulty through the darkness, as failing again and again and yet bound in duty to an earthly task; if the Church effects that acceptance by celebrating the death of the Lord, and makes us men of prayer who are really conscious of the future judgment of God, if the Church sends its children strengthened with God's grace out into their own maturity which burdens them but sets them free, then the Church by its official ministry has done what it alone can and must do.

We all know of instances in which racial minorities, women, and colonized countries — as soon as they have gotten into a position of independence and power — have become more oppressive than those who had oppressed them.

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.

ive been wrestling since i was 9 years old and when i went into high school i had to wrestle a girl... growing up learning to wrestle i had ended up having violent style, i never was dirty or broke rules but i was taught to do anything in your power to win whehter it was to club down the head or grab the throat to gain position etc. unfortunately i was in the postion to wrestle a girl once and at the time i did nt care who you were boy / girl, white / black / purple it did nt matter im was going to go out there bounce your head of the mat and bury you, so i went out there and wreslted the same way i always wrestled, 110 % and always to put your oppenents back through the mat i dditn change my style at all bc she was a girl i wrestled the same against everyone but after i pinned her in the first minute i did nt even realize that i broke her ribs when i power doubled through her, now after that for the rest of the tournament i was heckled and berated for forcefully beating a girl ppl were telling my parents «hey, looks like you raised a wife beater» etc. etc.... ever since then i refused to wrestle girls and thank go i eventually grew out of the lower weights, moral of the story is that is great and all that girls are wrestling but they shouldnt wrestle boys even if they know what they are getting into because 1.

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.

Penalty or not, referees, levels dropping physically, playing with the handbrake on, could have signed this or that player NO LONGER WASHES — ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have resisted long and hard to buy into the Arsenal are only a «Money Making Cash Cow» for those in positions of power.

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.

How often do we find that when people get into a position of power, that they then start to abuse it, both in politics and business.

The state of being dominated is so objectionable because on the one hand the master can use their power to extract benefits from the dominated (through their labour, for example), and because it forces the dominated into a position where they have to flatter and ingratiate themselves with their master in order to avoid their wrath.

«Today if you want to have a position in government in Ghana today you have to be loud, learn the skill of arguing on radio and you have to learn how to insult people and win argument on radio effectively for four years or eight years when your party come into power you will be given a position,» he added.

The next mayor could be using his or her compulsory purchase powers and budgets to take more land in regeneration schemes into public hands, instead of leaving big developers in a controlling position.

«It's hard to imagine a party that can think of itself of as Democrats, in the position they're in, will worry about the different demographics so much as they're going to be worried about getting back into power,» Sheinkopf said.

After Andrew Cuomo unceremoniously shuttered the Commission, the subpoenas were withdrawn — until U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara's office incorporated the work into its own investigation, resulting in charges of «using the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars of bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.»

But easing leaders into new positions of power, or telling them that it's natural to feel daunted, could prevent future outbursts, says Adam Galinsky, a social psychologist at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois.

What is needed in order to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities in science, engineering, and technological fields is a push for a new and concrete plan of action, with mandatory implementation guidelines, adopted at the national level which focuses on transitioning women and underrepresented minorities into positions of power.

It may be possible to tap into this altruism simply by reminding people in positions of power — from chefs to politicians — of the painful consequences of their decision to cut corners.

This helps to develop power in the quadricep muscles (amongst others) as landing into a squat position involves an eccentric contraction of the quads to decrease rapid knee bending, before a concentric contraction to straighten the knees and jump up.

A decrease in range of motion directly relates to a decrease in power and strength output, puts your body into compromised positions, and ultimately creates a high potential for injury.

It's the top 1/4 of the Stiff - Legged Deadlift movement, done in the power rack but with a very important focus... instead of focusing on the hamstrings, you'll instead be pulling your back into a highly - contracted position THEN performing the movement.

Have someone grab the side of a squat or power rack (or use a suspension trainer — TRX, Jungle Gym) and use as much assistance as they need in order to get into the bottom position.

Correspondingly, the five phases that can be described between these positions are as follows: (1) the first pull happens between the ground and when the bar reaches knee level and is initiated by knee and hip extension; (2) the transition happens when the barbell is between knee level and the power position and involves a shift in the position of the body relative to the barbell, which involves a brief period of knee flexion and is therefore referred to as the double knee bend (Enoka, 1979; 1988); (3) the second pull is the most powerful phase of the lift and occurs while the barbell is between the power position and the lifter is in triple extension; (4) turnover occurs as the lifter quickly drops down under the bar from the triple extension position to the catch position, in a deep front squat; (5) recovery into the standing position occurs as the lifter stands from the catch position to upright.

In next week's Rite of the Week you will be performing a similar pattern using a steel mace and the staggered stance to generate power through the rear foot and into an overhead position.

The movie's commentary on Kay's importance as a woman in this position of power isn't subtle — consider the scene when she wades into the crowd on the courthouse steps and finds herself surrounded by female well - wishers.

The film is adapted from Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin's graphic novel, in which Stalin's sudden death in 1953 serves as a catalyst for action, with neurotic acting general secretary Nikita «Nicky» Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) and comrades Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor, deliciously vain and making fine use of a girdle) and foreign affairs minister Vyacheslav Molotov (Michael Palin) each trying to manoeuvre his way into a position of more power.

If you decide to get into the education policy arena and have the audacity to challenge any position advanced by the teachers unions in power, chances are, you're going to be accused of accepting evil «dark money.»

Following the recall instituted last month, she has since apologized for the 12 deaths relating to the faulty switches, which can shift into the «Off» position and cut engine power, preventing airbag deployment in the event of a crash.

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In 1977, capacity went up from 3.0 to 3.3 litres and an intercooler was positioned under the spoiler, turning «whaletail» into «teatray»; power jumped from 260bhp to 300bhp, and there it stayed until the replacement 964 came along at the end of the decade.

If the vehicle is driven with the key stuck in the «start» position, and the vehicle experiences a significant jarring event or the vehicle's interior temperature cools, the ignition lock cylinder could move out of the «start» position, rotate past the «run» position, and move into the «accessory» position, leading to loss of power steering assist, power brakes and potentially air bag deployment in certain crashes.

The tension builds relentlessly as backstories morph into intriguing subplots, threats to the very core of Swedish democracy are uncovered, men in positions of authority continue to abuse their power, and Salander and Blomkvist continue to fight for justice in their different, inimitable styles.

In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort.

Coming from a position of not having read it in years, I find Naruto the hardest to jump back into, because of the insanely high power - escalation currently going on in the storyline.

A billionaire president and billionaire education secretary, neither of whom spent a single day of their lives in public service before stumbling their way into positions of immense power, are targeting a program that's basically meant to make life in underpaid government work a little more tenable.

«When I was 18, I had the privilege of becoming 50/50 partner on a new venture with former owner of largest construction company in Russia, then one thing led into another and at 22, I became close friends with two retired bank traders, who explained to me the concepts of limited liquidity, price, access to client's order books and how someone in the position with power to execute trading orders for the bank with the combination of those things could easily manipulate even a multi-trillion dollar market like forex and make big bucks,» says Chavkerov.

«When I was 18, I had the privilege of becoming a 50/50 partner on a new venture with the former owner of the largest construction company in Russia, then one thing led into another and at 22, I became close friends with two retired bank traders, who explained to me the concepts of limited liquidity, price access to clients» order books and how someone in the position with power to execute trading orders for the bank with the combination of those things could easily manipulate even a multi-trillion dollar market like forex and make big bucks,» says Chavkerov.

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 default control scheme consists of pressing square to perform a light attack; pressing triangle to perform a medium attack; pressing X to perform a heavy attack; pressing O to perform a character power; pressing L1 to perform a throw; pressing R2 to perform a meter burn; pressing R1 to interact with the arena; pressing L2 to flip stance; combining any of the basic fighting moves into a powerful combo; changing the direction of the left analogue stick or pressing up, down, left or right on the d - pad to move your character and position your character in accordance with the fighting move; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

It is simply too bad that Microsoft did not have individuals like us on their team, in a position with enough clout or power to make the needed changes to turn XBLIG into from a consumer rejection into one of the greatest things Xbox LIVE has ever offered.

Women are rising to great political power in societies around the world and we are just beginning to see a shift occur as more women step into positions of global leadership.

Within this, James looks for particular moments where balances of power, control and manipulation are brought into question: moments that result in positions of trust, vulnerability and fear being compromised.

And again, my position is that (1) nuclear power is not needed, since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables; (2) nuclear can not possibly be expanded enough, quickly enough to have any significant impact on reducing GHG emissions in the time frame that's needed, while renewables can be (and already are); and (3) resources invested in expanding nuclear power would be far more effectively invested in renewables and / or efficiency, and the opportunity costs of nuclear therefore mean that putting resources into nuclear power hinders rather than helps the effort to quickly reduce CO2 emissions from generating electricity.