Sentences with phrase «powerful hold over»

Not exact matches

A more powerful heater should run less, for an equal amount of electricity used to hold an equal temperature under equal conditions over time.

What makes the New Testament household codes powerful and countercultural is that they actually challenge those hierarchies by instructing all members of the household — even the masters, who in that culture held unilateral authority over their slaves, wives, and children — to imitate Jesus Christ in their relationships by modeling his self - sacrificing love.

Although held in theory over a long period, the belief was accentuated during the latter part of the nineteenth century and since, and became finally a basic dogma underlying the Japanese Imperial thrust, which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II.9 The idea was taught in the schools, in the army, and resulted finally in a fanatical religious, as well as patriotic, devotion to the emperor, without which, it seems to the writer, it is impossible to explain the daring attack of the island empire of Japan upon the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States.

When the state holds powerful control over the religious hierarchy and other public institutions, popular religion may become a nursery for political opposition.

In love, God's resources for my new beginning are an offer to checkmate the hold that conventional ways of being powerful have over me, but they are not an over-powering of them.

Wenger himself admitted that he had been pondering over shifting to a back - three for quite some time now and it looks like the signing of Kolasinac has been made with the new system in mind, considering that the Bosnian is a quick and powerful full - back who can also play as a centre - half and as a holding midfielder.

When it comes to bullying, we should hold adults to a much higher code of conduct than children since child bullies do not have control over their target's physical or psychological health or future like adults do who may be in the powerful position of teacher or coach.

Andrew Cohen, who has never run for office before, has apparently worked nicely with the powerful Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, from which Senator Jeffrey Klein and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz hold sway over Riverdale and Kingsbridge.

He remains a powerful representative of Wall Street — which is something of an industry non grata in this election cycle but has long held sway over New York's elected officials, especially Mr. Schumer, to whom Mr. Dimon has donated plenty.

While other New York Democrats like Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant «close to crossing a legal line» Patients deserve the «right to try» How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel MORE lamented the loss of Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney who held Albany's feet to the fire by convicting the state's most powerful leaders, the governor had reason to remain silent.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the two most powerful Democrats in Albany — escalated their feud over a proposed salary bump for state legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformation.

Norquist was the subject of a «60 Minutes» profile, which portrayed him and his Americans for Tax Reform group as a powerful anti-tax lobby that has an unusual hold over the Republican Party.

In another private room, at The Capital Grille on 42nd Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley, state party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state government.

Downstate Democrats hold a powerful sway over the Legislature's lower chamber though, so it may be difficult for him to hold onto the post.

The durable backboard combined with an equally durable net are designed to hold up to even the most powerful shots or kids who get a little too rough and knock it over.

The sway that exaggerated characteristics hold over us is a special kind of illusion — and a powerful one, we believe.

When you take a power stance (i.e. a stance a powerful person would take) and hold it over a certain period of time, your body starts to release anabolic hormones (like testosterone in men) that make you feel more powerful, confident and assertive.

This powerful muscle holds physical, emotional, and mental stress that we carry in our bodies over the course of our lives.

Once upon a time, local matchmakers held powerful sway over the lives of single men and women.

Even though it's smaller and slightly less powerful (and, yes, we really mean slightly, as the horsepower and torque advantage of the new Chevy Traverse is quite marginal), the 2018 Ford Escape holds quite a few distinct advantages over the 2018 Chevy Traverse.

Breakout sessions, presentations and casual conversations were held over four days, creating a powerful exchange of ideas and practices that will help the industry continue to thrive.

If you find yourself in the «impact zone» - the area where waves are pitching over and breaking - try your best to hold on to your surfboard, unless the wave is too large and powerful and you have no choice but to ditch your board.

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Inspired by conversations the artist held with gallery staff, construction workers, visitors and local residents, the lyrics will be sung unaccompanied and in unison by over twenty choirs involving over 500 singers to create a powerful soundscape in the Turbine Hall.

It'd be a shame to see this round of the WSJ debate end with a letter attacking everyone who thinks as the RealClimate scientists do — a letter globally condemning them by alleging an omni - harmful alarmism, a letter that grants a license to the powerful and influential readership of the WSJ to keep holding their hands over their ears.

Without taking sides, then, we can see that the world is far more complicated than the story offered by environmentalists — of indigenous people at the mercy of powerful companies, who rule over corrupt governments, with only NGOs holding the wrong - doers to account.

Oil giants Shell and Eni face historic charges over a tainted $ 1.1 billion deal — in a move that shows Nigeria's intention to fight corruption by holding the powerful to account.

Not because it is free, or because it holds a huge collection of cases (over one million), or because it has all Canadian statutes with point - in - time searching, or even because it has a powerful search engine.

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