Sentences with phrase «powerful agency in»

In charge of developing the bulk of that program is the Air Resources Board — described by some as «the most powerful agency in California, and that's not a compliment,» according to transportation expert and board member Daniel Sperling of the University of California, Davis.

As already pointed out, culture is a powerful agency in the formation of human personality.

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NASA only found out about the powerful telescopes, which were built in the late 1990s, after the NRO approached the space agency recently.

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is so powerful that it could cause accidental overdoses in the very first responders who trying to save its victims, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) warned in new guidelines released Tuesday.

Forde and Thamel obtained documents from former powerful NBA agent Andy Miller, his former associate Christian Dawkins, and Miller's agency, ASM Sports, that appear to detail expense reports and cash advancements to college basketball prospects, some of whom are in the NBA today.

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Azar would oversee one of the most sprawling and powerful federal agencies in America.

And that ignores the fact that its mandate is limited, and it exists in the real world with all of these other agencies, and all of these powerful opponents.

«It could be the most powerful detonation of an H - bomb in the Pacific,» Yong Ho told reporters at the United Nations in New York on Thursday, according to a story by South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

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Sin - talk proves to be enabling rather than debilitating discourse; it invokes a «powerful sense of hope» that animates women's agency in the world.

(Exodus 24:4 - 8) And always in the hinterland of animal sacrifice lurked age - old ideas of the magical potency of blood as a powerful agency of deliverance if rightly used (E.g., Exodus 12:12 - 13) and a supernatural peril if wrongly handled.

Founded by three powerful archbishops in 1933, the Legion offered ethical consultation to Hollywood and eschewed cooperation in legal censorship with government agencies, but its power came from its influence on the faithful and from its willingness to encourage boycotts whenever Hollywood ignored its ethical appeals.

Thus the weak economic agencies in every nation are exposed to the market plays of globally powerful economic agencies.

By this I mean that although love will not use coercive measures, driving people to do what they will not do otherwise, making them (as the phrase has it) act in contradiction to their own freely chosen decision, love is the most powerful of all agencies in the world.

If God heals alcoholism and AA's are clear in that belief, they can have an enormous impact on the attitudes of government, medicine, religion, and other agencies in determining just how much such entities will welcome the powerful «God - business» solution.

Powerful well - funded agencies, often promoted by the State (I avoid the word «Government» as I do not want to speak in party - political terms), are mounting a relentless onslaught upon the family and especially the moral sense of our young people.

National economic security nets of self - reliance and protection, wherever they exit, are rapidly eroded in the name of the open market, as the weak economic agencies in every nation are exposed to the market plays of the globally powerful economic agencies.

A powerful congressional commission in Brazil, with links to the farming lobby, is recommending dismantling the country's indigenous rights agency, Funai.

Today, someone working in their fuzzy slippers at home capturing their life can be more powerful and persuasive than an entire ad agency.

USADA also became the drug - testing agency of choice for fighters advised by Al Haymon, who is now the most powerful person in boxing.

The dairy industry is big business in the United States, with powerful influence within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the government agency charged with providing sound leadership regarding our food system.

He added that the security agencies seem powerless because some powerful state actors are behind the illegal fuel trade in the country.

By working in close liaison with the UK Border Agency (UKBA), JobCentres, social services and local authorities, welfare advisors serve as powerful advocates for torture survivors.

The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority leader.

Freedom from Torture believes Gina Haspel should be facing trial not triumph at the helm of the most powerful intelligence agency in the world.

In the court papers, though, Cater claims Hoyt called her after JCOPE started its probe to say that the agency would not help her because «he was too powerful and was in contact with the governor directly.&raquIn the court papers, though, Cater claims Hoyt called her after JCOPE started its probe to say that the agency would not help her because «he was too powerful and was in contact with the governor directly.&raquin contact with the governor directly.»

The former aide, Howard Glaser, stepped down in late June as the director of state operations, a powerful post that oversees many state agencies and acts as an executive branch liaison to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Kennedy and La Guardia Airports.

According to the authors, potentially powerful methods of detecting genetic manipulation among athletes have emerged, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will consider implementing some of them in the near - future.

«In recent years, [NSF] has struggled with the logistics of evaluating a rising number of grant proposals that has propelled funding rates to historic lows,» but «one piece of the agency has found a potentially powerful new tool to flatten [submission] spikes and cut the number of proposals: It can simply eliminate deadlines,» Eric Hand reported last Friday.

It is also set to be merged with the Science and Technology Agency as a part of a governmentwide effort to rein in the country's powerful bureaucracy.

Built in cooperation with the European and Canadian space agencies, Webb is NASA's biggest, costliest and most powerful observatory yet, boasting a 6.5 - meter primary mirror that will be the largest ever flown in space.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second most powerful court in the country behind the Supreme Court, heard two cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's first rules to crack down on mercury from the country's fleet of electric generating units.

In a November 24 interview with the Russian news agency Interfax, Rodionov said «powerful American radars» in Alaska «could have influenced the control systems of our interplanetary rover.&raquIn a November 24 interview with the Russian news agency Interfax, Rodionov said «powerful American radars» in Alaska «could have influenced the control systems of our interplanetary rover.&raquin Alaska «could have influenced the control systems of our interplanetary rover.»

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot that were captured earlier this week by the US space agency's Juno spacecraft and which provides an up - close look at what is believed to be the largest and most powerful storm system in the solar system.

But following Hoover's death, President Richard Nixon began making moves to wield control over the most powerful investigative agency in the country, including installing former Assistant Attorney General (and thus non-objective party) L. Patrick Gray as acting FBI director.

Beyond that, the film seeks to convey the acrimonious distrust that exists between parochial middle America and the powerful government agencies supposedly acting in the name of liberty and justice for all — both of whom Roy and Alton are desperately trying to evade.

HCSS Budgeting is a powerful budget planning and forecasting tool that automatically updates with the latest financial information from the Department for Education (DfE), HMRC and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) that schools need to be aware of such as rises in teachers» pension contributions.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquIn an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.&raquin 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

The book also contributes much needed research on what student voice initiatives look like in practice and provides powerful evidence of ways in which young people can increase their sense of agency and their sense of belonging in school.

The rise of a generation of powerful female politicians, including U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman, pictured here, is deeply symbolic of the dramatic change in women's opportunities during the past century.

In some cases, state policy initiatives are not taken seriously by local agencies.293 Even under current state accountability requirements, some local educators do not view the state as a powerful force for changing basic practices.

Student choice; learning by doing; discourse about power, inequity, and students» lived experiences; and student activism — all ingredients that make for powerful student agency and preparation for active citizenship in an increasingly diverse and global world.

The main theme of this paper has to do with the finding that every nation that tops the list of global education performers has an agency of government at either the state or national level where the education buck stops — an agency that has the responsibility for the health of the education system and the authority and legitimacy needed to provide the effective leadership that results in a coherent, powerful education program.

School and district report cards can be one of the most powerful tools in a state agency's toolbox for empowering...

-LSB-...] Here are some insights for those trying to interest an agent or publisher in their works: Jennifer Slattery discusses writing queries that get read, Steve Laube explains what happens in the agency after a writer sends in a proposal or query, and Jacob Warwick explains how to make powerful pitches to large publications.

In an interesting aside, the various agencies and even private businesses who have taken it upon themselves to voice their opinions to congressional groups involved in this investigation seem to be bookseller associations and ebook platforms from across the country who are urging their elected officials to not make any decisions that would result in making Amazon even more powerful than it already iIn an interesting aside, the various agencies and even private businesses who have taken it upon themselves to voice their opinions to congressional groups involved in this investigation seem to be bookseller associations and ebook platforms from across the country who are urging their elected officials to not make any decisions that would result in making Amazon even more powerful than it already iin this investigation seem to be bookseller associations and ebook platforms from across the country who are urging their elected officials to not make any decisions that would result in making Amazon even more powerful than it already iin making Amazon even more powerful than it already is.

It provides a powerful tool for unbiased environmental assessments in enterprises and surveys the current impacts and the targets published by environmental authorities, specifically the European Environment Agency.

With over 40 years in the Travel Industry and over $ 100 million in sales, Your Travel Center Inc. has evolved into a powerful host agency for both Independent Contractors and Partner Agencies.

In many cases, player agency makes an otherwise fairly unremarkable story really powerful.

LinkedIn isn't one of my favourite social media networks but it can certainly be powerful in connecting you with potential clients and agencies.