Sentences with phrase «of power against»

The government is disregarding legitimate constraints in its exercise of power against the vulnerable.

In a 24 - page document, CHRAJ concluded that «The Commission is satisfied that the evidence does not support the allegations of corruption and abuse of power against Messrs A. Jinapor and Asenso Boakye... the allegations could not be substantiated whatsoever.»

American policy - makers have justified their counterrevolutionary stance on the basis of the threat of international Stalinism, and these rightist regimes — even though they may have been distasteful — were preferable to leftist forces which tilted the balance of power against our side.

The participation of the Minjung is being short - circuited in the vortex of these complex global power dynamics; their network is undercut in every direction, so that their struggle is difficult; and the violence of power against them grows more sophisticated day by day, intensifying their unrelieved sufferings.

Not exact matches

«The potion is not a panacea — it does not have a magic power against all diseases,» said a researcher experienced in cockroach - related medicines at the Institute of Materia Medica at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) in Beijing.

Of those two, few would argue against Power Financial's inclusion.

A review of studies suggests even where the impact of minimum wage increases is not «benign,» job loss evidence has to be weighed against what happens to the purchasing power of the remaining workers.

What's not uncertain: the slow drip of unresponsive labour market regulations and mostly unenforced rules over the past quarter century has shifted bargaining power towards employers, against workers.

Expect the US to push for sanctions, diplomatic talks, investments in missile defenses — the types of measures taken against other nuclear powers — but don't expect a nuclear exchange.

She's competing against WattUp from Silicon Valley's Energous Corp., which beams a 5.8 GHz radio frequency that wireless devices convert into DC power, and may debut in early 2016 in devices developed by SK Telesys (a Korean rival of Samsung) and manufactured by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn.

Polish opposition leaders said on Saturday they would maintain their blockade of parliament's main hall and called for popular protests against a government that has accused it of trying to seize power.

«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

During the campaign, Trump railed against President Barack Obama's use of the power, which has the benefit of not needing congressional approval.

A Saudi - led coalition is fighting to counter the influence of Iran, an ally of the Houthi militia, who deny any help from Tehran and say they are fighting a revolution against corrupt politicians and Gulf powers in thrall to the West.

After outlining what drives customers to the category of high - powered yet user - friendly computing, Jobs goes on to identify NeXT's key competitive strengths against Sun, namely: the customer need for a specific custom app, the high quality of productivity apps offered, and a superior capability to communicate and network.

This quality of believing passionately in the change you are seeking — politically, socially, or in business — has power even when many are against you.

By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»

The commissions have the power to impose steep fines against any of the three governments that failed to impose its laws consistently.

To bring cloud computing and the Internet of Things into full fruition demands a cybersecurity sea change — matching fire power with fire power against the bad guys — something along the lines Ellison proposes, and the sooner the better.

I'm personally fascinated by the growing and increasingly crowded market for portable power (myCharge is competing against the likes of Duracell and Hyperjuice).

On the other hand, it's never wise to bet against the power of 19 - year - old women.

The ultimate scenario, therefore, is one where we'll be wearing a sort of winterized Iron Man suit — a complete set of powered armour designed specifically to defend against the howling cold.

The New Testament Gospels portray Jesus as speaking against the oppressors of his people with prophetic words of judgment that focus extensively on issues of money and power.

That said, Trump did rally against mega-mergers like the AT&T - Time Warner buyout during his campaign, saying in October that it'd result in «too much concentration of power in the hands of too few.»

They simply built their own, creating storage pods that would eventually stack up against the pricing and power of Amazon and Microsoft's billion - dollar businesses.

Passionate protests against Donald Trump's presidency have swelled the ranks of Democratic activists, but their new enthusiasm faces a hard reality: Republicans remain well - positioned to retain their grip on power in the 2018 elections.

Rep. Mike Coffman, R - Colo., introduced the Protecting Against Tyranny and Responsible Imports Act, or the PATRIA Act, that would target Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after he stripped the country's democratically elected national assembly of its power and authority.

Two separate attacks on the country's power grid were part of a «digital blitzkrieg» that had been waged against Ukraine for the past three years.

But keep practicing these steps and you'll start to harness the power of emotions — and use them to work for you, instead of against you.

He starts out with a clever definition of what bullying actually is: «Bullying is what happens when an individual with power exercises that power against people who don't fit in.

GLG's Henry Dixon also highlighted to CNBC that on a purchasing power parity basis - which evaluates a currency's theoretical equilibrium versus other currencies based on the price of a basket of goods - the British pound looks very cheap against the U.S. dollar and «fractionally» cheap against the euro.

Capable of powering 15,000 homes, the system was conceived as part of a backup against projected energy shortages following a huge methane leak at a natural gas facility near Los Angeles.

So here we have a big, lumbering guy weighed down with armor, who can't see much more than a few feet in front of his face, up against a kid running at him with a devastating weapon and a rock traveling with the stopping power of a.45 caliber handgun.

To guard against potential threats to his power, he maintains a large force of secret police who watch his political opponents, tap many telephones, and even investigate all students applying for admission to a university.

Historically, protection against the power of the state is, after all, an important liberal - democratic principle.

The power of mobile marketing to attract and retain customers turns against entrepreneurs who forget there is a person receiving that message.

To beat the cold, China has temporarily eased restrictions on coal production until the end of the year as Premier Li Keqiang said there was a need to balance demand to ramp up power output against pollution control.

Richard Nixon deployed the powers of the state against real and perceived political enemies.

As Nicholas Colas of ConvergEx wrote in a Friday note, «Against measures of long - term earnings power, the S&P 500 is clearly expensive at 25 (times) trailing 10 - year earnings.

Many of these technologies are used to power Alexa, Amazon's digital assistant housed within the Echo smart speaker, which was unveiled in 2014 to compete against Apple's Siri.

For Daniel Lubetzky, the founder and chief executive of KIND, the FDA's response showed the power a small business can have when it takes a stand against a large government agency.

Then, the powers - that - be can weigh the cost of changing to a more efficient, yet still practical process - one that more effectively uses the aisle - against the benefit of recovering only a portion of that potential savings.

A combination of Tesla and SolarCity will create a tightly integrated solar and battery combination that will provide grid - independent, renewable backup power today, and a hedge for customers against future changes to net metering.

The tribe, along with the United Mine Workers of America and Peabody Energy, announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the Central Arizona Project (CAP), which powers 90 percent of its water pumping system through...

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ran the Chevy Camaro, FordMustang and Dodge Challenger through a series of crash tests to see how their safety stacks up against their power.

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«And it will be an important blow against the monopoly pricing power of profit - driven arrogance of the pharmaceutical industry,» according to the campaign's website.

That would include «all elements of U.S. power available to push back against these kinds of intrusions,» he added, including «our capabilities in the physical world.»