Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan
and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the
world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain for
world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since
World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain for
World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the
nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton
and Al Gore for financial irregularities
and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices
and values of top Democratic operative
and the clients they represent when out of
power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's
and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the
world's last substantial rain for
world's last substantial rain forests.
VIENNA, May 3 - The landmark 2015 nuclear deal Iran made with major
world powers slashed the scope of Tehran's atomic activities
and created what the United
Nations nuclear watchdog calls «the
world's most robust verification regime.»
That
power squarely rests with oil - rich
nations that hold most of the
world's oil reserves
and the Wall Street banks
and hedge funds that speculate
and make markets in the oil trading game.
Cambodia joins a lengthening list of
nations around the
world that are reassessing big hydropower dams in an era when wind
and solar
power are less expensive, much easier to build, less damaging,
and far less vulnerable to droughts
and floods.
«Since 1945,» he writes, «Americans have insisted on acquiring
and maintaining military supremacy, a «preponderance of
power» in the
world rather than a balance of
power with other
nations.»
America is doing more than any other
nation to spread the kind of political structures that can best prepare the globe for God's ultimate work of establishing the final kingdom, Webb contends,
and he proceeds to quote from a variety of sources to support a role for providence in contemporary theological thinking while interpreting America's rise to
world power as a divine blessing that comes with special responsibilities.
The transition from a superpower duopoly, in terms of military
power, to a
world monopoly, however, has had, among other effects during the 1990s, that of destabilising the fragile balance upon which the international multilateralism of the United
Nations had been able to function, well or badly, during the 1960s
and 1970s (following the «defrosting»
and decolonisation, both the results of social, cultural, democratic
and national struggle).
As it became clear that the ideas of development advocated by Third
World nations in the UN General Assembly involved some shift of power from the industrial nations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the Worl
nations in the UN General Assembly involved some shift of
power from the industrial
nations to developing ones, the United States moved the power to act in this field away from the United Nations to the IMF and the Worl
nations to developing ones, the United States moved the
power to act in this field away from the United
Nations to the IMF and the Worl
Nations to the IMF
and the
World Bank.
I guess that in a
world where war criminals continue to commit genocide in Sudan, where dictators suppress religion freedom in China, where people suffer from extreme poverty under the corrupt government of Zimbabwe, where sovereign
nations are getting invaded by
power - hungry Russian leaders,
and where our own government exaggerated intelligence in order to occupy Iraq — Barack Obama is God's biggest concern, worthy of a little extra attention.
I cherish instead the notion that if we could understand not only the sociology
and psychology of religion but also the religion of religion; if we could get at the roots of conviction in the lives of profound believers in the open society; if we could combine civility with devotion — if we could do these things, religious forces might retrieve some initiative
and offer examples for coexistence in the
world of the
nations and the military
powers.
Most of the royals no longer rule outright (as in control of
nations) But through
power, money
and influence control behind the scenes, including oil, banks, realestate,
and world trade
and shipping.
America is born of a Christian
nation and in less than 200 years we have rose to be one of the
worlds greatest
powers.
Not drunkenness, adultery, or theft, but self - love, self - righteousness, self - seeking, the will to
power and prestige, unkindness, anger
and vindictiveness, irresponsibility, complacency before the suffering of the
world, willful narrowing of vision to the interests of one's own family, community, race, or
nation are among the major sins of most people.
In this
world of struggle
and conflict, of «every man for himself»
and where every great group
and nation is for itself in a vast struggle for
power, advancement,
and even survival, where is God?
The «Fourth
World» of
nations, devoid of purchasing
power, political stability or personal hope, will implode under the enormous pressures of overpopulation
and despair.
Even as our
nation in the period preceding the present war had great
power and influence within the
world, so church members had great influence within the
nation.
They know the U.S. for what it is; a violence loving, war mongering,
power hungry Imerpialist
nation seeking
world domination
and wealth by the blood of other peoples.
You mean the
nation that was vastly uneducated
and with no standing well trained army taking on the
world power of their day?
Otherwise, we run the risk of becoming a developed, civilized
nation, super
power that is a breeding ground for haters
and paranoid nut cases such as the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (the Norwegian terrorist) in this ever shrinking, increasingly global
world.
The repudiation of odious debts would be an act of independence by the debtor
nations that could greatly decrease the
power of the
World Bank
and the International Monetary Fund to shape their economies for the sake of greater profits
and power for transnational corporations.
The shift of focus from competition for
power among
nations to increasing the availability of goods
and services desired by the
world's people was something Christians should celebrate.
Let us suppose that liberation from the global capitalist system
and resistance to American imperialism leads to a
world of large regional blocks within which
nations have recovered a good deal of the
power of self - government.
If one asks, what are the possible roads to a
world without war, that essential way - station on the way to freedom of information in anecologically organized
world, Arthur Waskow answers that there are five: (a) Control of the
nation - state system through stabilizing the balance of
power and reducing international tensions but keeping the weapons; (b) Reform of the system through total disarmament without abandoning national sovereignty or the pursuit of national interest; (c) Extension of the system through the creation of a federal
world government; (d) Fragmentation of the system through increases in the
power of extra-national associations
and Institutions across national boundaries,
and corresponding decreases in state
power as these occupational, industrial, scientific,
and other groups gradually expropriate from the national governments the
power to make decisions within their own fields;
and (e) Abolition of the system through substituting love f or coercion.20.»
That is what the church
and the
nation need today as we blunder into a
world in which the desire of Americans for wealth
and power has been the source of so much benevolence,
and yet so much anguish
and death.
The five so - called «
World - wide» wire services upon which each nation's mass media (and to some extent government) depend for information about events outside its own border are arms of their respective national systems (American, English, French and Soviet) and mirror the interests of the power structure within their home countries in the selection and presentation of information from the outside w
World - wide» wire services upon which each
nation's mass media (
and to some extent government) depend for information about events outside its own border are arms of their respective national systems (American, English, French
and Soviet)
and mirror the interests of the
power structure within their home countries in the selection
and presentation of information from the outside
worldworld.
God raises up another strange
and warlike
nation, a great
world power, to be God's instrument.
The unipolarist ideology by whatever name, adds a fourth party to the foreign - policy debate, which has otherwise involved 1) liberal internationalists, who seek
world peace
and stability by securing collective agreements from
nation states to comply with international law; 2) realists, who seek to ensure a balance of
power among competing regimes;
and 3) principled anti-interventionists, who renounce the use of military force for all reasons besides self - defense.
But the computers, data banks, terminals, programs,
and software of multinationals provide them with the
power to move money, labor, parts,
and natural resources in ways to emphasize profits without consideration of the welfare of any
nation, especially the new Third
World nations and their peoples.
On the other hand, it seems improbable that the Times will really withdraw from «the
power and the glory» of directing the affairs of the
nation and the
world, or at least pretending to.
Corporations are more tightly
and efficiently organized than
nations; so their economic
power throughout the
world is enormous.
On the one hand, it aims to maximize national
power to eliminate all real
and suspected threats
and to impose the
nation's moral vision on the
world in the name of justice
and peace.
And so, during the half - century since the Second World War, two global changes were taking place simultaneously: power was shifting from the European nations to the United States; and the third - world nations were asserting their political independen
And so, during the half - century since the Second
World War, two global changes were taking place simultaneously: power was shifting from the European nations to the United States; and the third - world nations were asserting their political independ
World War, two global changes were taking place simultaneously:
power was shifting from the European
nations to the United States;
and the third - world nations were asserting their political independen
and the third -
world nations were asserting their political independ
world nations were asserting their political independence.
Why don't you check out Bethel church in Redding, CA
and many others around the
nation and the
world to see the Jesus
power in us as a Christian.
Women are grossly underrepresented in political
power structures in the United States
and around the
world,
and even in the most «advanced»
nations, the vote for women is a relatively recent achievement.
In San Francisco, early in 1945, all of the great
and most of the small
nations of the world, with the exception of the defeated powers, signed the charter creating the United N
nations of the
world, with the exception of the defeated
powers, signed the charter creating the United
NationsNations.
«The wealthier industrialised
nations have the
power to act
and secure a safe
world for today's poorest
and tomorrow's children.
Christians take for granted that the God who has revealed himself through Jesus Christ is active in the
world through the
power by which he sustains, uproots,
and transforms men
and nations.
And whereas, it is the duty of nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
And whereas, it is the duty of
nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling
power of God, to confess their sins
and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy
and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
and pardon;
and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures
and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
and proven by all history, that those
nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord:
And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law,
nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments
and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole Peop
and chastisements in this
world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People?
The intervening years had seen
World War II; the rise of the United States to «superpower» status as (in its own view) the guarantor of the security of the «free world,» a status underwritten by nuclear power and illustrated by the United States» participation in a United Nations «police action» in Korea; and rapid economic growth and high prospe
World War II; the rise of the United States to «superpower» status as (in its own view) the guarantor of the security of the «free
world,» a status underwritten by nuclear power and illustrated by the United States» participation in a United Nations «police action» in Korea; and rapid economic growth and high prospe
world,» a status underwritten by nuclear
power and illustrated by the United States» participation in a United
Nations «police action» in Korea;
and rapid economic growth
and high prosperity.
Christocentrism could no longer cope with the challenge of religious pluralism; universalism did not grasp the depth of alienation among the poor
and the marginalized; salvation history did not do justice to the plural histories of the
world's many cultures
and nations; the unity of the Church in Christ offered no
power or guidance in overcoming sexism, racism
and human exploitation.
Isn't it amazing that though Israel has always been a relatively small
nation,
and few in number, they are still one of the
world powers in military, science
and economics?
The
power of public opinion was the force that created departments of environment in practically every country in the
world and led to worldwide conservation programs culminating in the worldwide Conservation Strategy of the United
Nations Environmental Programme.
In my work for the Institute for Global Engagement, I come across many official documents — such as a State Department action plan on women
and security or a United
Nations treaty on ending racial discrimination — that barely mention religion, despite the fact that a vast majority of the
world's population (84 percent, according to Pew Research) believes in a higher
power.
More
power is needed at the global level, for example, to enforce decisions of the
World Court
and of the United
Nations.
Material matters will be destroyed by spiritual beings who will remain to create one
world and one
nation under one
power, that of the Creator.»
We need to remember that Germany was the most literate
nation in the
world when I Hitler took over
and used an uncritical literacy as a means for maintaining his
power.
It is also the first time the Irish National Sevens squad will play in the United States
and will be the last international tune - up for rising
nations Canada
and the United States, as well as traditional
powers like New Zealand, Japan
and Australia, as they ready for the 2017 - 18 HSBC
World Sevens Series.
The unheralded
and underdogs are having their day, including Graeme McDowell, winner of Survivor: Pebble Beach,
and the plucky soccer
nations that have given traditional
powers such
World Cup fits.
The United States as a
nation need to continue developing talent
and having more kids grow up playing soccer to become a
world power it someday should.
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