Sentences with phrase «powerful group known»

To create peace, the city has been divided into 23 wards, each controlled by a powerful group known as «Kumi.»

When it's «The Adjustment Bureau,» an adaptation of the hard - to - describe Philip K. Dick short story about a politician (Damon) whose love for a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) faces stiff opposition from a mysterious and powerful group known as — you guessed it — the Adjustment Bureau.

To create peace, the city has been divided into 23 wards, each controlled by a powerful group known as «Kumi.»

However, this isn't the easiest mission to take on as each ward is protected by a powerful group known as «Kumi».

The role of theological liberals seemed especially significant in 1876, because some of them were joining Liberal Leagues, thus creating an identifiable and potentially politically - powerful group known as the «Liberals.»

Not exact matches

«The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 spawned thousands of powerful crime gangs — collectively known as the Russian mafia — and some of these groups, officials warn, are establishing bases among emigre communities in the United States, particularly in South Brooklyn.»

The main opposition group — known as the Syrian National Council — told the NY Times that they've «recently received more powerful anti-tank missiles from Turkey, with the financial support of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.»

A group of cities from different parts of the world came together in 2005 to discuss climate action at the municipal level, later becoming a powerful network known as C40.

by a group known as the Shadow Brokers, putting these powerful tools in the hands of anyone able to use them.

CFPB director Richard Cordray announced that rights of groups of consumers to a day in court is «a cherished tenet of our justice system» and «that no one, no matter how big or how powerful, should escape accountability if they break the law.»

Nodes are run by individuals or groups of people who contribute money towards buying powerful computer systems, known as mining rigs.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

Curious statement, as Romans dominated half of the known world then, and certainly had defeated army's more powerful than a 1 +12 group even if they were packing heat.

I guess if you are going to believe in an all knowing, all powerful sky daddy, reading an old compilation of 60 different books from 40 different authors put together by a group of supposedly reformed pagans 1600 years ago would just be putting your faith to the test, I mean a person with faith needs no proof.

We never learn our lessons, we know that every time in history that a religious group got too powerful, a bunch of people who did not agree with them ended up dead.

The belief that an infinitely old, all - knowing sky - god, powerful enough to create the entire Universe and its billions of galaxies, chose a small nomadic group of Jews from the 200 million people then alive to be his «favored people» provided they followed some rural laws laid down in Bronze Age Palestine equals Judaism.

It's one of the reasons parents worry about the company their children keep because we know that we can drive all our efforts to instil good values but the association that our children forge with groups of their choice will often have a very powerful influence on their own attitude and outlook.

We know that sleep is important for babies to grow healthy and strong, but a fascinating new study has found that sleep also has a powerful impact on infants» ability to remember the names of objects, form categories and sort new similar objects into learned groups.

Bill Soderberg and the families who gather for the LGBT group know how powerful it is for their children to have a group of peers living in families like theirs.

There aren't any clear online ethics (that I know), and while this suggestion is quite powerful, it's all too easy for issue campaigns, particularly astroturf groups to take advantage of online anonymity.

If it really is the case that the European Research Group will be a «very powerful factor» in that vote, then UK citizens have the right to know its full membership, where all of its money comes from — and its full involvement with ministers in Britain's current and previous governments.

«I'm putting it slightly facetiously, but in that age group, which was a very powerful one, mostly Conservative voting, there was a sense of nostalgia - the Britain that they'd been brought up in and loved and were comfortable with was no longer there.»

The tougher choices down the road could include major cuts in state education spending — the political third rail for many lawmakers; or what are euphemistically called «revenue enhancers,» also known as higher or new taxes; or a cap on state spending, which such powerful labor groups as the teachers and health - care workers unions fight against tooth and nail.

Finally, if you have a group of rowdy players or a powerful shooter on your hands, you can rest easy knowing that it comes with a shatterproof backboard.

Maqui berries are particularly high in a group of anthocyanins known as delphinidins, which have impressed researchers with their powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capabilities.

As such, «The Dark Horse» is as good a title as any for a film that takes an overplayed genre — the inspirational mentor story — and still manages to surprise, sneaking up to deliver a powerful emotional experience within a formula we all know by heart: After suffering a nervous breakdown, a Maori chess champ volunteers to coach a group of disadvantaged kids.

Accepting the World Cinema documentary directing prize, «Winnie» helmer Pascale Lamche pointedly said her film was «for those who know that history is not made by great men» — a sentiment echoed by one of the U.S. doc winners, «Step» director Amanda Lipitz, when she said, «These girls show that nothing is impossible when you surround yourself with a group of powerful women.»

Fans of Michael Shannon will inevitably catch the movie, knowing the intensity he's capable of (remember his powerful performance as Rick Carver, a single father struggling to get back his foreclosed home in one of last year's best movies, «99 Homes,» which was snubbed by most awards groups?)

Little did I know the powerful effect rocks and rock - sculpture building would have on them individually and as a group.

We also know how powerful it is for students to get 1:1 or small group learning experiences with teachers tailored to their zone of proximal development — and this model breaks free of the constraints of self - contained classrooms — to promote learning that is more personalized and self - directed.

The idea has powerful backers, including conservative groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-- best known for «stand your ground» self - defense laws — and the Heartland Institute, famous for challenging climate science.

I think the «professionals» that do the test drives are so diluted with the massive range of cars trucks SUV's etc that they drive they loose the ability to fine tune what matters to the specific group of people into this type of car... Also there is a lot of room in the front seat - seems to have endless adjustment to it - I am a huge guy 6» 3 and 250 pounds and just to feel like the Santa fe I have to have the seat upwards, I will slowly adjust this back as I get used to the car... Also no one wants to discuss the arguments about the 19 inch wheels adding a little to the ground clearance - an engineer showed me this huge equation that in the end said it added 1.45 inches... who knows... But I am impressed with the power, I thought it was slightly bigger and more powerful that the CX - 5 and handled just as good maybe better off regular roads....

For the most powerful and largest of the suicide cults — a group named Heaven's Gate, originally from California — had also let it be known that animals occupied a «Level Below Human,» as the cultists put it, and must be exterminated to enable suicided cult members to travel more readily to the «Level Above Human.»

The ultra-nationalist Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) emerged from this group as the head of the government in 1913, led by a powerful triumvirate known as the Three Pashas: Ismail Enver, Minister of War; Mehmed Talaat, Minister of the Interior; and Ahmed Djemal, Minister of the Navy.

Any group of powerful companies, when trying similar things in future, will know that they are going to get slapped.

The Roberts did nt have the money ot takes to fight her, they would be emotionally weaker due the recent death of their only son, Maryann had to have known that Sharon had her kennel up for sale, Maryann knew she would no doubt be backed by some very very powerful AW, and AR groups.

Reach beyond our core group of true believers to mobilize millions of animal lovers as a powerful national voice, so puppies are no longer bred commercially or regulated as agriculture.

I mean I can do a lot more as president as HSUS than I can as a politician or an agency person because you know we are a powerful group: a $ 130 - million - a-year organization with 10 million members.

If you've adopted a pet from an animal shelter or rescue group, you know how powerful the bond is that exists between the pet and their human family.

Unfortunately for Lara, a powerful and clandestine organisation known as the Trinity, a paramilitary group of religious zealots are also searching for the same item that our tomb raider wants which causes them to clash on many levels in this dangerous game of cat and mouse.

When an evil entity known only as Void Dark takes control of the many netherworlds with his massive army, it's up to a small group of rebels led by a powerful fighter named Killia to reclaim these captured lands and stop Void Dark's conquest once and for all!

This update features new endgame content including an adventure zone, an epic dungeon, a dynamic skirmish and a campaign which pits adventurers against a rogue group of four powerful mages, known -LSB-...]

From 1973 to 1988 and 1994 to 2000, he taught at Goldsmiths College in London where he was a powerful influence on a group of students who later became known as the Young British Artists (YBAs), including Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, and Damien Hirst.

Perhaps as a result, the most powerful of his abstract paintings may be among his least - known — works made, presumably, after the 1961 show of abstractions but before the fateful meeting of the Spiral group in 1963, after which Bearden returned to figuration.

«I know that, often, the most powerful thing I can do in a group is to create a shared vision, and take action — not make an object.

Also, as I wrote about recently, PepsiCo is a member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful trade group that has so far contributed $ 375,000 to the No on 37 campaign.

This is the second real - time strategy game set in the Halo universe which tasks you with taking down a group known as The Banished and their powerful leader.

This powerful career coaching program (4 weeks of group coaching via telephone) won't be offered again this year, so if you haven't yet found the job of your dreams, aren't really sure what that job is or don't know how to make your ideal career happen, you need to take advantage of this unique opportunity while it's still available.

Everyone knows about LinkedIn Groups, but not everyone knows just how powerful they can be.

Dr. Butts works with individuals, couples, groups and conducts 3 - day intensives based on the powerful model of treatment called Post-Induction Therapy developed by Pia Mellody internationally known author and lecture on codependency and childhood trauma's impact on adult functioning.