Sentences with phrase «more powerful states»

Far more powerful states have vanished from the map in recent times.

Despite centuries of pillaging by more powerful states and devious men, despite misfortune brought by natural disasters, Haitians fight to improve their home every day.

When people start feeling that things are going wrong, they aren't good enough to make it work, and there's no chance to improve; it's up to you as the relationship coach to help them shift to a more powerful state of beliefs, language, and physiology.

It is expected to be powered by the same 2.2 - litre, 4 - cylinder diesel engine, albeit in a more powerful state of tune.

The same engine in a more powerful state of tune delivers 410 PS (404 hp) in the Quattroporte S and Quattroporte S Q4, while the range - topping gasoline unit remains the 3.8 - liter twin - turbo V8 rated at 530 PS (523 hp) and available exclusively in the Quattroporte GTS.

However, in that case, the Duster's unit with a more powerful state of tune might be introduced in the Captur.

Modes can switch into a more powerful state of being.

Power Slam is like basketball, but requires you to actually throw your entire rig through a giant hoop once it reaches Overdrive mode (a more powerful state your rig can obtain by doing well in match).

Not exact matches

Crony - state capitalism has imposed rentier monopolies and cartels on wage earners, effectively transferring more of the nation's income and wealth to politically powerful entrenched interests and cartels.

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.

«I think it's fair to say that Mexican drug cartels are the most powerful drug - dealing groups in the United States,» Campbell added, «except that their effect is more indirect and delivering drugs to the street dealers.»

China must do the hard work of shifting wealth from powerful government officials and managers of state - owned enterprises to Chinese households, with consumer spending carrying more of the economic burden.

The United States was by far the most powerful nation after the war and held far more gold than anyone else as well.

Apple states that the latest updates to GarageBand and Logic Pro X are huge, as they introduce more powerful features that will please professional audio producers.

Only the reader knows of the more powerful and slow - moving forces of state and capital that render these ramshackle beliefs powerless in the scheme of things.

Jesus overcame the powers — of the state, the authorities, the rulers, the law, etc. — not by being more powerful than they but by surrendering himself even unto death.

Let me say once more that this applies to the violence of the powerful, of the capitalist, the colonialist and the state, as well as to the violence of the oppressed.

The Federalists» Constitution was without a doubt a project designed to replace a weak, inefficient Confederacy with a much more powerful and efficient national state.

The state is called upon to check these impulses — but it generates others of its own, still more powerful, and this time one - directional.

It was threatened by internal decay and by the still aggressive Ottoman Turks, loyal Moslems, who were more powerful than any single European state and against whom, in spite of the frantic efforts of the Popes, discordant Western Europe would not unite.

The development of more adequate treatment facilities received a powerful boost in 1963 with the passage of federal legislation providing for the development of a pilot community mental health center in each state.

While one can do so in a lot more words, the problem of evil is rarely, if ever, stated differently than this: God is all powerful.

God is the all - powerful ruler of the universe, and his plan is for more than a million children a year to die in the United States through abortion.

Another, more theoretical but equally powerful, was Mancur Olson's The Rise and Decline of Nations, which opened my eyes to the inexorable «institutional sclerosis» that corrodes and corrupts the ever - enlarging welfare state.

10: R1P10 OT MIKE MCGLINCHEY NOTRE DAME — best OT in the draft and we need a future franchise LT. this is the guy 41: R2P9 TE DALLAS GOEDERT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE — major offensive weapon, we trade / release Cook 75: R3P11 DL B.J. HILL NC STATE — True 3 - tech was part of one of the best DT tandems in college football 110: R4P10 CB QUENTON MEEKS STANFORD — technically sound outside cornerback with good size and strength 159: R5P22 LB MICAH KISER VIRGINIA — instincts, hustle, powerful tackler, one of most productive linebackers in the country 173: R5P36 P MICHAEL DICKSON TEXAS — best punter to come out of college in a decade or more, oh and drama - free 185: R6P11 CB CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL PENN STATE — long corner with good burst, is raw but can play ST to start 212: R6P38 WR JESTER WEAH PITTSBURGH — love this guy, 6» 3 and can fly, true deep threat WR 216: R6P42 EDGE MARCELL FRAZIER MISSOURI — hard - charging defensive end who wins with skill and motor 217: R6P43 WR ANTONIO CALLAWAY FLORIDA — if he had stayed out of trouble, he'd be a second round pick 228: R7P10 RB RYAN NALL OREGON STATE — Biggest sleeper in the entire draft.

Demonstrating to the blogger that you've read her content and respect it will be far more powerful than simply sending a canned email stating that you'd like to be mentioned.

The mind is such a powerful thing and I know that if I can get over fear and put myself in a relaxed enough state it can be a beautiful and even more rewarding experience.

Imagine Mexico was a more powerful country than the United States, and you get the picture.

The current situation in Syria is strong evidence of a more ancient and enduring norm from imperial and Cold War days: when a strong repressive state has one or two very powerful allies it can easily resist the wider will of international society and public morality.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

Silver, 74, has denied wrongdoing and his attorneys said Monday he had not abused his position as one of three of the most powerful leaders in state government for more than two decades.

Maria hit Puerto Rico about two weeks after Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and the United States.

Facing what could be the most powerful storm to slam into the United States in more than a decade, Trump and the team he has put in place at FEMA were bracing today for one of the most important tests of his presidency.

Contrasted with the United States, which puts limits on even the most powerful offices of the government (the original framers believed the Legislature would be more powerful than the Executive, though history suggests the reverse happened).

He suggests that in times of peace, the state governments will tend to be larger and more powerful, while in times of crisis and war, the national government will expand as needed.

Which makes sense; monopolies have a tendency to become very powerful players and any state or leader that decides that they need / want a monopoly is more likely to directly decide who will become the monopolist.

I would certainly say that Governor Cuomo has an enormous influence in the region, and actually the regional director of Empire State Development, Sam Hoyt, is very powerful, no longer elected but might be more powerful than he was as an Assembly member.

Additionally, in the weeks leading up to the election, the powerful New York State United Teachers union's political action committee spent more than $ 78,000 on mail and advertising for Doran, according to the state Board of ElectState United Teachers union's political action committee spent more than $ 78,000 on mail and advertising for Doran, according to the state Board of Electstate Board of Elections.

One of the state's most powerful politicians badgered companies reliant upon his legislative support to funnel more than $ 300,000 to his son, a prosecutor told a jury at the start of a corruption trial Tuesday as defense lawyers countered that she was trying to criminalize a typical father - son relationship.

While other New York Democrats like Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant «close to crossing a legal line» Patients deserve the «right to try» How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel MORE lamented the loss of Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney who held Albany's feet to the fire by convicting the state's most powerful leaders, the governor had reason to remain silent.

He became immersed in the political life of New York's sleepy capital city, acting more like a small - state governor than one of the most powerful elected officials in the nation.

Part of Koch's problem is that the powerful State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver didn't sign — it's unclear why Silver would want more Republicans to have a say in how districts are drawn — and beyond that, attempting to shame legislators into doing anything doesn't always work.

«He has made this a more progressive, more fair, more forward looking state — and it's turned out to be good for the economy,» Mr. Clinton said at the headquarters of 1199 SEIU, the powerful healthcare workers union, in Manhattan.

«This initiative will provide a powerful assist to the state's cities to enable them to build their capacity to address blight and problem properties, not only to do so more effectively, but to do so in ways that will foster healthier and more equitable communities,» Alan Mallach, a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, said in the release.

For the first time in more than a decade, the State Senate Republicans isn't getting any money from the state's powerful health care workers» union, SEIU 1199, at election State Senate Republicans isn't getting any money from the state's powerful health care workers» union, SEIU 1199, at election state's powerful health care workers» union, SEIU 1199, at election time.

Arlo Devlin - Brown, a veteran federal prosecutor in Manhattan who led a string of prominent Wall Street cases and more recently oversaw the prosecutions of two of New York's most powerful state politicians, is departing for the private sector.

The complaint against Silver — that he allegedly hid more than $ 4 million in illicit income — was tied both to his job as one of the state's most powerful individuals and his role as an attorney.

An organisation more powerful than any European state is being built and no - one is talking about it.

According to City & State's «Power 100» list, Schumer is the most powerful man in New York City — more so even than the president, the governor and the NYC mayor.

A rare apology from one of New York's most powerful Democratic leaders regarding a payout to alleged victims of sexual harassment is raising even more questions at the state Capitol.