Sentences with phrase «knew in positions of power»

They asked everybody they knew in positions of power both in the US and India for help.

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And as a man in a position of power and trust, he not only should not have done so, but he should have known better than to do so.

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.

Since under modern conditions the actions of all people in key positions of power and influence are thus likely to be known almost immediately by nearly everyone, these people can not make decisions without reference to the reaction of the public.

There have always been lots of people who knew that the institutional Christianity was not the only way of following Jesus, but those who were in positions of power never gave these people a platform or a pulpit from which to speak.

No, the person in a position of power or prominence is there so they can be the best CEO possible.

At the present moment members of this intermediate age group hold positions of greatest power and influence in the Society, but they no longer represent the cutting edge.

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.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

How can 99 % of the fans know what the club need and the people in positions off power at the club not.

his position of utter power is also why he will keep faith with players who are either not good enough or are just injury prone, i mean can anybody see the kind of things that happens at AFC seasons after seasons after seasons happening in any other top clubs, where the managers knows their jobs and longevity depends on results?

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.

«The Commission finds that Gabryszak used the powers and resources of his position as a member of the Assembly to engage in knowing, intentional, and prolonged mistreatment of certain female members of his Assembly staff,» the report concluded.

And, as Siena's Steve Greenberg noted, they are in a position to know, since 86 percent of Long Islanders say they lost power during the storm — half of them for more than a week.

The Liberal Democrats no longer occupy the position of an alternative, outsider party able to critique those in power, but neither are they an establishment party seen as automatically capable of running the country.

Empire Zone tax credits also went to real estate management companies, power plants, lawyers and accountants - people in industries that were not in danger of leaving New York state, and people who were in the best position to know the laws and its loopholes.

«The Thruway Authority is no longer in [a subsidizing] position, and the Power Authority has lots of cash.»

He blasted people he said are in positions of power who know better that are supporting Trump despite having said for «years this is not what they believe and they're supporting him.»

For instance, even a jackass like you should know that the Deputy Commisioners (and variations on that title) jobs are unnecessary positions filled by overpaid, non-contributing cronies of whatever governor may currently be in power.

«This victory gives the IDC more clout and is, at the very least, a hedge to put themselves in a comfortable position following the general when we'll know what sort of coalition will have to be put together for them to remain in power,» Thies said.

What the Savvy Gal knows about attracting quality men and loving from a position of power, you'll quickly learn in her revealing book Is He a Keeper?

in London, more older women than ever before are in positions of power in their chosen profession and no longer feel that they need to accept or be told what they can or can not do; if they want to enjoy cougar dating with a young, virile, handsome man, the question these days is: why not?

But screenwriter Lamar Trotti and Ford place Lincoln in a strange place between all other men; he's a mediator that knows how to treat those less fortunate and less educated, as well as those who occupy positions of power.

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.

More than that, however, it lets them know that their actions are being recognized by those in positions of power.

Segregationists in the County, many of whom occupied positions of power, believed their cause to be courageous and knew that it could set a precedent for other communities unwilling to desegregate their public schools.37

The unique «reverse - flow» engine, whose two turbochargers are positioned in the V - area between the cylinder banks is well known for producing an instantaneous and sustained wave of power, making it a delight for the enthusiast driver.

I don't know for sure, but I do observe that every time I drive a 1 - series, I get out wishing for more, having just enjoyed yet another outing in a car that does everything almost intuitively, with plenty of power on command, precision beyond all most any other in the steering, and a seating position that puts me in full control of the driving environment.

Knowing that there are people out there who are going to not only sneer at anything I write just because I'm female (and prone to writing heroines of color, women in positions of power, and queer people), but who will actively work to shout down anything I and authors like me try to do.

And right now, as I've commented, I've been playing a little bit of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and one of the things that, you know, struck me, and I hated that it struck me, was when I was playing and - there are a lot of women in positions of power in this game!

Later he got interested in power and institutions and roles, working with people like Mike Kelley... I don't know another artist who was that prescient in how he could see the position of things in real time.

The effort Muniz devotes to this task expresses a troubled view of our historical position: We confront imaging technology's power to deprive us of confidence in knowing where we stand.

In the paintings for which he first became known, de Balincourt worked from the position of an outsider (the Paris - born artist has lived in the United States since childhood), questioning structures of power and influence, laying bare injustices and hypocrisies while maintaining an amused attachment to the myths through which identity — individual and national — is constructeIn the paintings for which he first became known, de Balincourt worked from the position of an outsider (the Paris - born artist has lived in the United States since childhood), questioning structures of power and influence, laying bare injustices and hypocrisies while maintaining an amused attachment to the myths through which identity — individual and national — is constructein the United States since childhood), questioning structures of power and influence, laying bare injustices and hypocrisies while maintaining an amused attachment to the myths through which identity — individual and national — is constructed.

you would be so far into future hypothetical land that with such scanning technology and raw computing power you could know the position, size, and duration of each and every sunspot weeks in advance, which we certainly can not do at this time.

The positioning of an Obeahman in a supernatural state, not only knowing about elements of an offence but purporting to be able to communicate with metaphysical powers around it, creates the type of relationship with these authorities similar to an interpreter in a traditional context for a party who believes in this power.

In McGuffie, Justice Doherty also relied upon the power imbalance rationale that was emphasized by Chief Justice McLachlin in R v Suberu, [2009] 2 SCR 460, where she and Justice Louise Charron wrote jointly, at para. 40: ``... [T] he purpose of s. 10 (b) is to ensure that individuals know of their right to counsel, and have access to it, in situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardIn McGuffie, Justice Doherty also relied upon the power imbalance rationale that was emphasized by Chief Justice McLachlin in R v Suberu, [2009] 2 SCR 460, where she and Justice Louise Charron wrote jointly, at para. 40: ``... [T] he purpose of s. 10 (b) is to ensure that individuals know of their right to counsel, and have access to it, in situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardin R v Suberu, [2009] 2 SCR 460, where she and Justice Louise Charron wrote jointly, at para. 40: ``... [T] he purpose of s. 10 (b) is to ensure that individuals know of their right to counsel, and have access to it, in situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardin situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardin a position of legal jeopardy.

By showing the publicly accessible TVO video in class, she was accused of creating an unsafe and toxic learning environment, the crime of transphobia, violating Laurier's gender violence policy and somehow breaching both the Charter of Rights (which actually protects free speech) and the Canadian Human Rights Act (which didn't apply to Laurier), proving that when non-lawyers in positions of power think they know the law, they always get it wrong when they use it to bully and harass their subordinates.

With 300 million registered users, LinkedIn allows you to leverage the power of your network - the people you know, and the people those people know - to help you connect to the person (or people) who are in a position to offer you a job.

LinkedIn allows you to leverage the power of your network — the people you know, and the people those people know — to help you connect to a person who is in a position to offer you a job.

They know where you've been... right in cubicle C. It's good to keep the abbreviated work history section in there, just to give the powers that be a reminder of your path to your current position — but the spotlight should really be on the skills you have, and have built in your current job.

Find natural ways to establish contact and make your accomplishments known to those in position of power.

This power puts the child in a very uncomfortable position as they would rather know that they can be handled by their caregivers, no matter how out of themselves they become.

Knowledge, as we all know, is power, so if you have it you are in a position of power.

It's important to know that sexual harassment doesn't have to involve bosses and employees — it can involve any party in a position of power.