Sentences with phrase «just abusing their power»

Then again, Bowser has always been a bad seed, so it could be that he's just abusing the power he's been given.

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«Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.&raJust because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.&rajust this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»

In a statement, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, who was also personally named in the Hogan suit, said: «Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.&raJust because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.&rajust this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»

But, I just think when people have the money, position, power, they abuse.

So abuse of power in the committees, then, is just par for the course.

It's like every time someone with an EC financial / power / tribal interest comments here, they just further confirm the history of control and obfuscation and corruption and abuses that have remained hidden, but are now coming to light.

Molly's Game is packaged as a movie about gambling, but that's just the first layer of a film that digs into the ramifications of the abuse of power.

However, as evidence of the fact that Christianity has no monopoly on the abuse of power, our century has been checkered with instances of gross inhumanity perpetrated not just by post-Christian but by anti-Christian ideologues from the right and from the left.

It is just so wrong for those who hold the power and the ear of the audience to abuse it.

Words alone just don't have the power to alleviate so many layers of pain, but I hope in reflecting on this passage, victims of every kind of abuse will be reminded:

Not just power, but also inequality, abuse of privilege and hypocrisy.

While helping to establish a moral foundation for society, it was just as often abused by the powers that be to keep the populace under control.

Instead of skirting the issue, much of the heat the catholic church is taken would probably be alleviated by simply just requiring those in power to report abuse to local authorities and levying swift and severe punishment on those who condone and cover up abuses.

Just to show the power of the Catholic church, look at all the decades and probably countless thousands of people that were abused and they never were held accountable to any degree worth mentioning.

There are some really good books around, I have just read «The sublte power of spritual abuse» by David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen and just about to read Ken Blues «Healing spritual abuse»

Publicly hitting back at Usmanov over his comments just shows how much he power he has and how he abuses it.

You say «I don't like the manager» BUT i hope you realize its nothing personal I have a big respect for wenger so its nothing personal its just that I think that too much power corrupts, history has proven that already so I don't have to Wenger has too much power at Arsenal and I think and this is my view he as abused it badly BUT that another story all together.

Just 68 days before he was to close the door on four tumultuous terms as Suffolk County district attorney, Thomas Spota was accused of one of the most dangerous crimes in our democracy, abusing the power of law enforcement.

Just today, Daily News columnist Bill Hammond wrote of the «dangerous precedent» being set by Cuomo's use of his sweeping budgetary authority, raising concerns that future governors could «easily» abuse this power.

Let's see, a Governor who solicits prostitutes and uses the state police to do his political bidding... corruption isn't just about bribes — it's about the abuse of power.

The arrogance of a public servant selling his influence and abusing his office illustrates just how far off the beaten path a pathetic, narcissistic and power crazed elected official can become and why term limits ate so important.

So it is just show of force and abuse of power.

It's just another abuse of power by the goverment.

The brief montage / documentary was an explicit attempt to recognize what many analysts, in the media and in academia, have been saying of the Weinstein story since it broke in October: that sexual abuse is not just about sex; it's about power.

But as the movement swells, the focus on Mireles» idealism of free and just peoples starts to fade and give way to abuse of power.

Based on a true story, «American Made» just validates the rumors that CIA agents are or had been involved in drug trafficking, in a clear exertion of influences and abuse of power to stuff their pockets with large sums of... Continue reading →

Sam Rockwell is incredibly good as the belligerent cop Dixon, but that character is such an ungodly mess, not least because of how many characters — especially Woody Harrelson's kindly Chief Willoughby — tend to just chuckle and shake their heads when he abuses his power just because he can.

Tessa Thompson spoke of the importance of the Time's Up movement in fighting «not just gross abuses of power but imbalances of power».

If at some point in the future, Amazon were to abuse its market power, that would create an opportunity for another platform to compete and offer better terms — just as high prices opened the door in the past for B&N in the 80s, and Amazon more recently.

His main enemy in discourse was euphemism, just as his main enemy in practice was the abuse of power, and (more important) the slavish willingness of people to submit to it.

Just a couple of comments, without being too contradictory and certainly without getting into the swirling vortex of what Amazon «might» do someday (not arguing whether they will or not, but any party in the greater world of publishing «might» abuse any additional power it gets).

From here on the game crams as many cliches in as possible, including such favorites as the ancient power that risks being abused by the evil sorceress Rilix (likely relation to estrogen - powered pop rock outfit Lillix), who just so happens to be chancellor of the nearby kingdom, controlling the mind of its king.

Just like the artist standing behind it, Mirroris unafraid to «stand up to authority, denounce abuses and expose unbalanced power relations.»

The allegations follow on from a renewed conversation around harassment and power in the art world, sparked by the resignation of Artforum's longtime co-publisher Knight Landesman after claims of sexual misconduct this October — the celebrated conductor James Levine was suspended by the Met Opera after abuse allegations just this weekend.

In this case I wonder if he is acting as a paid advocate by the coal company (the article wasn't clear) or if he is just going off on his own hook about perceived executive - power abuses.

I'm against abuse of academic power just as I am against abuse of any power.

As Premier I will do just that and introduce measures in the legislature to correct this abuse of power by the Ontario Liberals.

The court found the Marriott had just cause to fire van Woerken — that by engaging in physical conduct of a sexual nature with a subordinate employee at a time when she was highly intoxicated, it amounted to an abuse of power.

In our modern free - spoken society There is a word that we still hold taboo A word with a terrible history Of being used to abuse, oppress and subdue Just six seemingly harmless letters Arranged in a way that will form a word With more power than the pieces of metal That are forged to make swords