Sentences with phrase «power than his wife»

Typically, a male spouse has greater power than his wife.

Studies of marital relationships are fairly consistent in indicating that husbands have greater power than their wives, though the research also indicates a change toward egalitarian marriage.

She recognizes that change is coming, but notes that society continues to have a significant number of traditional couples, where, by definition, the husband has substantially greater power than the wife.

Not exact matches

(For instance I'm fairly confident that promiscuity is sinful, especially when it comes from a place of lust, but I'm less convinced that my committed same - sex friends are sinning by expressing their love physically any more than I am sinning when my wife and I express our love physically — even though I think we can be if we are acting out of lust or as a means of asserting power over one another, but that is another story).

He is the author of The Centre Brain: 5 prompts to persuasive power (SPCK) and loves nothing more than camping by the sea with his wife and four children.

Jesus gave proof of his compassion and power in his healing of women no less than of men: Peter's wife's mother (Mt. 8: 14f.

Ray I agree with you 100 % and more Pat roberson is a confuse old man who will not give up power to his son, poor billy can not remenber, and his son is in charge, if Billy son and all the born again christians vote for a cult may God help then, do you want a mornan President in the White hous with 4 Wives, and worship a man name Joseph Smith, rather than Jesus Christ, Pat Roberson need to tell his listeners the truth about cults.

There just isn't any proof that the bible is anything other than a prejuicial book about men from a certain time who desired power and wrote about a god that wanted them to have power, slaves, multiple wifes and children.

Husbands and fathers are assumed to be dishonest and struggle to prove the contrary; less than honest affidavits and statements are regularly sworn by vengeful parties; and wives and mothers are encouraged to demand to the full the use of the very liberal and ample powers that the courts now have to oust fathers from their own homes and deprive them of any but the most minimal contact with their children.

Prosecutors say Percoco was involved in a two - pronged bribery scheme involving more than $ 300,000 in payoffs funneled through Percoco's wife, allegedly to pay for Percoco's power to influence government decisions that financially benefit Cor Development and CPV, the energy company.

The pipeline will bring natural gas to the $ 1 billion 650 - megawatt Competitive Power Ventures plant in Orange County that is now being eyed by federal investigators after it was revealed the plant owner paid the wife of Joe Percoco, a former senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, more than $ 100,000 in consulting fees.

He's accused of accepting more than $ 315,000 in bribes, including payments from a «low - show,» $ 7,500 - a-month job for his wife at Competitive Power Ventures, which was pursuing a plan to build a $ 900 million power plant in Orange County, as well as the New Jersey energy pPower Ventures, which was pursuing a plan to build a $ 900 million power plant in Orange County, as well as the New Jersey energy ppower plant in Orange County, as well as the New Jersey energy plant.

Of the more than $ 300,000 in alleged bribes to Mr. Percoco, prosecutors said the bulk came from Competitive Power Ventures, in the form of a «low - show job» for Mr. Percoco's wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco.

The complaint says that in one alleged scheme, Competitive Power Ventures, which has for years been building a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curricPower Ventures, which has for years been building a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curricpower plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curriculum.

Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.

Meanwhile, New Jersey politician Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner) gets caught in the middle, and Rosenfeld's capricious wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) holds more power than anyone could imagine.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

I exclaimed to my wife, spotting the Power Wagon from more than a block away as it approached.

He states, more than once, that he doesn't want to kill Bill — but his hand is being forced by authorities, men in positions of power preventing him from seeing his wife and son until the job's done.

I'm using 2-1/3 times more than the total per year goal... SO what is allotted for actual living (TVs, porch fans, wife's gigawatt hair dryer, hot water, dehumidifier, lights, power tools, workshop, etc.)?

It no more «heats the surface» than exchanging checks with your wife increases household spending power.

He made reference to a recent study which revealed that notwithstanding the existing powers of the court, husbands tend to make a far stronger economic recovery from divorce than wives.

Therefore, in a family where the wife has a higher education than her husband, dividing and sharing power and authority might become a background factor for more frequent conflicts between spouses.