Sentences with phrase «occupy positions of power»

To those of our readers in law school, legal professions, politics, and others who occupy positions of power or are going to in the future, consider this a call to arms.

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.

While much of this movie may be old hat to savvy Discover readers, it is definitely worth watching by skeptics, many of whom occupy the positions of power that enable them to effect the most change.

The fact that people pick dumb names for their kids pales in comparison to the fact that religious nutjobs occupy positions of power in our «blind» legal system.

But Jews do not occupy a position of power corresponding to their abilities or their numbers in the profession.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

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

In cases where the accused occupies a position of power or authority (such as a teacher, police officer, parent, school counsellor, etc.) or the victim is in some way dependent on them, or in an exploitative relationship with them, they will be charged with sexual exploitation.

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Perhaps one reason females seem more faithful is that they've historically occupied fewer positions of power.

«Purify [the Hadith];... Find a new practice of the concept of interaction between the sexes;... Separate religion from the state;... Give guidelines on Western customs, and eliminate incorrect behaviours;... Invite the people to go to God through gratitude and wisdom, and not with threats;... Recognise the right of Christians to occupy important positions [including] the presidency of the republic;... Separate religious discourse from power, and re-establish its connection with the needs of society.»

America occupies the position today of imperial Rome in stabilizing the world, and Kaplan recommends a sacred canon of literature to guide leaders who wield such power: Livy, Sun Tzu, Thucydides.

if men are not superior to women in the christian world, why do they occupy 90 % of the positions of power and wealth?

The over-centralized structure is usually prone to be a source of trouble, since becoming the head of a church is understood as occupying the most honourable and profitable position and thus becoming a point of power struggle.

«In the long and tragic history of human warfare, the nuclear weapon occupies a singular position due to the scope and scale of its terrible and indiscriminate power to destroy human life,» said Leith Anderson, president of the evangelical organization, during a conference call with reporters.

Following Bourdieu's use of the terms «cultural» and «social capital) «The position of a given agent within the social space can thus be defined by the positions he occupies in the different fields, that is in the distribution of the powers that are active within each of them.

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.

But they do not occupy most positions of power, nor when they are in positions of power (say party president or deputy leader) do they exercise power in the way the left of the Lib Dems might expect (by voting against the Welfare Uprating Bill for example).

Its underwater robots, shipping anti-rolling technology, integrated navigation, acoustic positioning and nuclear power simulation have occupied advanced domestic and international positions, leading HEU to become one of the main forces in the basic and applied research of China's ship science and technology.

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Although Ingram occupies a unique position in the global book supply chain and, indeed, might be the single most important player, they aren't in the position of these other four to exercise power.

This museum is housed in a former power station and occupies a prime position on the South Bank, with a viewing terrace that affords amazing views over the River Thames and skyline of the City.

«Her bright and bold imagery is full of women with tremendous attitude and psychological power, and I'm particularly taken with the conflicted positions her figures occupy.

Fraser came to performance as a medium, she said, by realizing that only in occupying an institutional position of power could one begin to understand the socio - psychic formations which underlie that position, and thus effectively critique them.

If they do not occupy such a position of power or authority they will likely be charged with sexual interference.

This is due to the fact that the law is intended to protect a vulnerable group (minors) and assumes that an individual under the age of 18 is unable to consent to sexual touching when the individual doing the touching occupies a position of authority or power, is in a relationship of dependency with the victim or is in an exploitative relationship with the victim.

While numbers still lag behind in terms of women's equality with men in occupying client leadership positions, the relevant news is that women today maintain more positions of significance and power than ever before.