Sentences with phrase «lost in the power struggle»

The real interests of the «disenfranchised communities that we care about — students of color and poor students,» he said, get lost in the power struggle.

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That Protestant teaching thus degenerates into a mere power struggle is depressing enough; that it seems in the process to have lost its basis for believing, teaching, or confessing anything is far worse.

Having conquered the wilderness and built a nation unparalleled in power and wealth, we seem to have lost our clear vision of a future worthy of sacrifice and struggle.

The danger is that global capitalism will not collapse until much of the biosphere is irreparably damaged, many national governments have lost the power to prevent chaos in their borders, and the struggle for the remaining resources is everywhere violent.

Over the course of cultural evolution, due to an impotence at the heart of the will and to recurrent failures in ever - renewed struggles for ascendency, human will to power lost its good cheer and creatively turned against itself.

Chatman initially was in Michigan's starting lineup at the power forward position, but lost the job midway through the year after struggling on both ends of the floor.

The difference was I refused to get into the power struggle so she lost interest in it.

If mum sees the OB barking at the midwife or senses they are engaged in a power struggle, she is more likely to become compliant and lose her own power.

Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup.

Manhattan Democratic Party leader Keith Wright supported another candidate, but lost out in the power struggle with the Council leadership, sources said.

Earl Felton's indisputably sophisticated script is yet another to fall victim to the overzealous homage of subsequent entries in the underwater power - struggle genre (The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (see sidebar), and even the Dark Castle Ghost Ship come to mind) that it minted; we can give a movie credit where credit is due while admitting that it sometimes exists in its own shadow.

It's almost a problem (a good problem mind you), as we're already struggling to whittle down the current selection of titles to just 25 best Nintendo Switch games, especially after losing months to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, going mad with collecting Power Moons in Super Mario Odyssey, dabbling with DOOM and getting seriously truffle hungry in Stardew Valley.

Struggle in the Shadows Harvard Gazette, 12/10/15» «They grow up watching Barney and The Power Rangers, they pledge allegiance to the flag, they lose their accent, and they become more like their peers and less like their parents,» said [Assistant Professor Roberto] Gonzales.

Although this third entry in Barron's Lost Years of Merlin saga is best read within the order of the series, it is a rich addition to a saga that just keeps on getting better as it continues the adventures of the young Merlin struggling to realize his full powers and meeting more challenges.

It's almost a problem (a good problem mind you), as we're already struggling to whittle down the current selection of titles to just 25 best Nintendo Switch games, especially after losing months to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, going mad with collecting Power Moons in Super Mario Odyssey, dabbling with DOOM and getting seriously truffle hungry in Stardew Valley.

A key component of the CES is a subsidy plan to support the state's struggling nuclear power plants, which have been losing out in the marketplace largely due to cheap natural gas.