Sentences with phrase «of a higher power in»

Far from being an act of rebellion or an open attempt outwardly to overthrow abused power, it was a quiet, constrained, symbolic act that ironically caught the person of highest power in the midst of a most ordinary human activity.

I would submit that much of the scientific and social progress that has transpired since the Dark Ages was driven by those who didn't drink the Kool - Aid of organized religion, but who dared to strike - out on their own spiritual path, without necessarily «tossing out» the concept of a higher power in our lives.

Or, could this be the hand of a higher power in your life?

Not exact matches

None of this is to say anyone is justified in behaving like a high school bully; successful gossips know their audience and use their powers for good.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

With the winter storm barreling up the Atlantic coast, power demand is rising throughout the morning — a rare occurrence that's causing some of the highest prices in almost four years.

Its portfolio includes: Nuburu, a maker of high - powered blue lasers used for precision welding in aerospace and electronics; SLIPS Technologies, which makes super slippery coatings used to keep industrial equipment clean; and OTI Lumionics, a maker of OLED materials that go into high - definition displays.

In Germany, researchers at the University of Stuttgart have been working on what they describe as a «high performance,» electrically - powered two - seater aircraft called the e-Genius.

Candidates who were in positions of power were seated in chairs that were cushioned and adjusted so that they were physically higher than powerless participants» chairs.

«I guess the conclusion is fairly simple... All sources of power generation will be in high demand,» he added.

The high - powered jetpack was 40 years in the making, the culmination of millions of dollars spent and decades of trial and error by Mayman and his business partner, Nelson Tyler.

Building owners are also interested in buying batteries so that they can run buildings off of battery power when electricity rates from the power grid are high.

Swiss - made and powered by precision quartz, this high - quality timepiece has a case made of stainless steel, and architecture aficionados would be pleased by the detail on its dial, reminiscent of the directional lines of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.

At Battelle, Koper is studying the use of nanomaterials in membranes for water desalination and treatment; supercapacitors (energy - storage devices that provide higher power densities than batteries); and bio-based (rather than petroleum - based) additives used for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to retrieve natural gas.

I read it in high school and have always carried the core ideas with me regarding the balance of power between nations, companies, industries, value chains, and people.

A Roth 401 (k) isn't always better financially — for example, if you work in a high - tax state now but plan to retire in a lower - tax state in the future — but for the majority of Americans, the Harvard study shows a Roth 401 (k) leads to increased spending power in retirement.

In theory, Europe has a spot at the top in which a real leader might sit and wield some gavel of authority, clarity, and resolute power — and that is the high office of President of the European CommissioIn theory, Europe has a spot at the top in which a real leader might sit and wield some gavel of authority, clarity, and resolute power — and that is the high office of President of the European Commissioin which a real leader might sit and wield some gavel of authority, clarity, and resolute power — and that is the high office of President of the European Commission.

Innovations also abound in selective laser sintering and stereo lithography, both of which operate much like a laser printer, with high - powered beams of light carving and hardening shapes from a bed of resin.

What's more, Ellevate will reportedly use a portion of membership fees from its network of high - profile, high - power women to invest in its own index.

A MPUC representative declined to comment and instead directed us to contact the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)-- a nonprofit organization that oversees high - voltage power grid infrastructure and reliability across Minnesota, 14 other US states in the Midwest (in whole and in part), and parts of Canada.

«The remaining assets in RBSSC, namely the North American power and gas businesses, remain of high value and are performing well.

An upgraded Facebook Live experience now allows companies to live stream to groups of employees in high definition and to switch between multiple cameras powered by technology built by software company BlueJeans.

«The big challenge is that the level of computer power that one of these things needs is pretty high,» Wilcove says, adding that as the market evolves, he can imagine a communications app for far - flung business meetings «where you're all virtually sitting around the table in different locations with one of these headsets on, James Bond - style.»

Published in Psychological Science, the group concluded that «high - power posers experienced elevations in testosterone, decreases in cortisol, and increased feelings of power and tolerance for risk.»

Mr Xi is keen to show progress on high - profile initiatives such as the C919 ahead of the next five - yearly congress of the Communist party in the autumn, where he will be trying to strengthen his grip on power.

The day before shareholders voted 99.8 % in favour of the merger, Canadian Business sat down for an exclusive interview with the power brokers behind Bay Street's most recent high - profile partnership to discuss the deal, investment banking, the economy and life on the Street.

When he began to consolidate his power in the early 2000s, Putin's deal with the Russian people was simple: They would receive economic stability — and, critically, much higher standards of living — in exchange for a loss of freedoms.

Neither the Nexus 4 nor those African phones are as high powered as most of the «hero» devices being sold in advanced markets, but for many users, they're good enough.

It was the most recent instalment in a new program reflecting how the consulate in Silicon Valley, and a high - powered new Canadian expatriate organization called the C100, are connecting homegrown startups with the technology and venture capital centre of the world.

In the world of high - powered, sometimes insular, Silicon Valley - based tech accelerators, YCombinator is often considered preeminent.

As you can imagine, we learned quite a few fun things about each half of the power couple during the revealing exchange, which took place at Betsy Layne High School in Eastern Kentucky.

Those participants who were assigned to a high - rank condition were told a few things to get them in the right frame of mind such as «imagine that they had a strong alternative offer,» that they had «valuable inside information,» that they had «high status in the workplace,» or to remember a time when they had power.

Square shares the same building Uber in San Francisco and Friar is one of a handful of high - powered C - level female executives within the tech world.

Striking a high - power pose in your interviewer's office could come off as offensive, presumptive, and rude, regardless of how it makes you feel, Cuddy says.

«It signals that Google has plans in Denmark, and I think it's because we have some of Europe's lowest power prices for companies, some of the greenest energy, and a high...

Recently launched in San Francisco, The League is positioning itself as the option for high - achieving folks who are looking for the other half of a potential power couple — the tag line is «Date intelligently.»

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The Titan V could go in a high - powered PC used by an AI scientist on a local project, while the Tesla V100 will be good for servers that handle the immense app workloads that power the voice recognition abilities of digital assistants from Google or Amazon, for example.

Prior to that downturn, it was far more politically aggressive, emboldened by high demand for its commodities and membership in the vaunted BRIC club of emerging economic powers.

«Tony turned that night into a seminar,» he says, articulating, in part, why high - power executives, politicians, and celebrities keep Robbins at the top of their contact list.

A two - year contract doubled their production requirements and resulted in 27 high - powered, state - of - the - art medium - wave AM broadcaster transmitters supplied, shipped and installed halfway around the world.

Pranks are legend; a group of managers once hid high - powered speakers in the ceiling of one employee's exceptionally junk - strewn office and rigged his computer so that the arrival of E-mail was announced by an earsplitting, ultra-high-fidelity performance of the theme from Sanford & Son.

Alphabet, which announced its Project Loon in 2013 to use solar - powered, high - altitude balloons to provide internet service in remote regions, said in an FCC filing it was working to «support licensed mobile carriers» restoration of limited communications capability» in Puerto Rico.

Parents hoping to teach their children the power of compound interest on their savings today will have a harder time than parents in the 1970s and 1980s, when interest paid on savings accounts soared above 10 per cent compared with rates today, when even the highest - paying savings accounts sit in the low single digits.

(Also on tap: A breakout session on investing in medtech and medicine with some of the most high - powered and hot - handed investors around.)

When DDI surveyed more than 500 employees and 500 business leaders, they found a high percentage of bosses claimed they do everything in their power to encourage their team to come up with creative solutions.

The company's net worth had soared as the market gave it a higher and higher price, or multiple, on its earnings power in its heady late 1990s under the tenure of the legendary Jack Welch.

Justin Scott, a voter from Waterloo, asked the Catholic Republican presidential hopeful how his faith would impact his own belief in the absence of a higher power.

Then, in the atmosphere of post-War nationalism and reaction, with the Ku Klux Klan «riding» again (in Fords) at the instigation of a pair of high - powered publicity panjandrums, Jews came in for a share of the Catholic opprobrium.