Sentences with phrase «powerful leader since»

The prospect of an indefinite tenure worries both detractors and supporters of President Xi Jinping, the man poised to become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Tensions have escalated since North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3, but the rhetoric has reached a new level in recent days with leaders on both sides exchanging threats and insults.

The fact that the stock has been such a powerful market leader means that «you want to own the name,» and since its short - term performance has brought it to a key level of support, «I think this is where you begin to nibble,» Sluymer said.

It has been a leader ever since — Rocket Matter has the most powerful, easy - to - use time and billing software in the industry.

Even the leaders of the empire were afraid, this time of Mordecai, since he was the second in command in the empire, and had become more and more powerful so that they helped the Jews.

Greg Barker, who has personally supported Meat Free Monday since the start of the year said: «Giving up meat one day a week is more than just a symbolic act and, if enough of us do it, will send a very powerful and loud message to world leaders.

Silver, the once powerful and unquestioned leader of the state Assembly since 1994, was found guilty in November of fraud and extortion, forcing him to surrender his seat in the Assembly in the process.

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

Since then, Bharara has successfully convicted two of the most powerful legislators in Albany, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, on corruption charges.

Turkish government officials say the coup was orchestrated by followers of Fethullah Gülen, a powerful religious leader who fled Turkey and has lived in Pennsylvania since 1999.

As the debate about the value of charters is heating up to new levels since the news that billionaire school reform leader Eli Broad and several other powerful players are planning a massive expansion of charter schools in LA Unified, these numbers are likely to be spun in both directions by the opposing sides of the charter debate.

Ghenie's disturbingly powerful work that found many references in the preeminent historical leaders and great minds will gain even more value and attention as the time goes by since it tells stories which are a fine blend of the artist's ingeniousness and actual history.

Since 2009, Newton has worked with recruiting leaders to develop software that improves the hiring process by offering powerful products that are easy - to - use, easy - to - purchase and easy - to - activate.