Sentences with phrase «states greater powers»

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The state's business sector is making major efforts to reduce overall power consumption while moving towards greater use of renewable energy generation.

The main one has been the fact, for better or worse, that the federal government has taken on a much greater role relative to the powers of the individual states than the founders originally envisioned.

He argues for the primacy of economic factors to explain why some states achieved great power status.

However, perhaps, as others such as UCLA Professor Ann Carlson have suggested, China may see the United States» withdrawal from international leadership on this issue as an opportunity to fill an important role on the international stage, and enhance its influence and stature as an emerging great power.

Le Maire's call for G20 nations to join together in comprehensive talks over bitcoin, and cryptocurrency more broadly, echoed recent sentiments from Joachim Wuermeling, a board member at Bundesbank in Germany, who had previously stated, «Effective regulation of virtual currencies would therefore only be achievable through the greatest possible international cooperation, because the regulatory power of nation states is obviously limited.»

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The former, which consists only of the five Arctic states with direct borders on the Arctic Ocean — Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States — primarily deals with oceanic issues.74 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu even complained in 2015 about non-Arctic states using their military and economic power to «strive for greater roles in the Arctic,» 75 which likely was an implicit reference to states with direct borders on the Arctic Ocean — Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States — primarily deals with oceanic issues.74 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu even complained in 2015 about non-Arctic states using their military and economic power to «strive for greater roles in the Arctic,» 75 which likely was an implicit reference to States — primarily deals with oceanic issues.74 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu even complained in 2015 about non-Arctic states using their military and economic power to «strive for greater roles in the Arctic,» 75 which likely was an implicit reference to states using their military and economic power to «strive for greater roles in the Arctic,» 75 which likely was an implicit reference to China.

A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

Hiring soared in Maryland last month, as employers added 11,500 jobs, powering the strongest three - month surge of job creation the state has seen since the Great Recession.

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«Effective regulation of virtual currencies would therefore only be achievable through the greatest possible international cooperation, because the regulatory power of nation states is obviously limited,» said Wuermeling.

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The United States, as McDougall sees it, is not merely struggling with the problems that beset great powers in every age.

This is why Scripture can state: «The prayer of a just man has great power in its effects» (Jas.

His view of the relations between the powers of the State and the religious beliefs of the citizens was the forerunner of the American ideal of the separation of Church and State; hence his great importance.

«Whether a husband or wife in the privacy of our homes, as a spiritual leader in the church, as a CEO of a large corporation, as a manager in any business, or as a head of state of some great nation, we are responsible to resist the temptation of misusing our power for the satisfaction of ungodly [pride and] lust in any of its forms.»

It is hard to know who is using whom more: the Christian Right for offering secular power in the expectation that the Jewish state will be destroyed by a greater spiritual one; or the Israeli Right for accepting their offer.

The prophetic sense of the entity and power of the Word explains in great part the concentrated emotional character of the prophets and their sometimes deep anguish in proclaiming the negative message, the pronouncement of doom upon the life of the political state.

Roe became so quickly institutionalized because it reflects a philosophy held by many in our society (whether «liberal» or «conservative») that the greatest right is the right to privacy and that the power of the state must regard itself as a means thereto.

Is it the chief and greater part of his essence (i.e., the rational soul itself in its highest state and powers)?

If we say to Father Gutierrez, «Power to your revolution; power to your people,» he will respond, as he has, that «there can be authentic development for Latin America only if there is liberation from the domination exercised by the great capitalist countries, and especially by the most powerful, the United States of America.&rPower to your revolution; power to your people,» he will respond, as he has, that «there can be authentic development for Latin America only if there is liberation from the domination exercised by the great capitalist countries, and especially by the most powerful, the United States of America.&rpower to your people,» he will respond, as he has, that «there can be authentic development for Latin America only if there is liberation from the domination exercised by the great capitalist countries, and especially by the most powerful, the United States of America.»

Nahum speaks for the Guatemalas and Nicaraguas of his day, the small states constantly oppressed and periodically attacked by the great powers.

The United States has great material wealth and power.

in which Wright badly mischaracterizes the response of the United States to the September 11th attacks, as well as the views of President Bush and then - Prime Minister Tony Blair, declared that the 2006 mid-term elections was an example of God «calling to account those who abuse powers,» showed a disturbing tendency toward moral equivalence between jihadists and those who are fighting to defeat them, and directed virtually all of his scorn against the United States and Great Britain rather than al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the regime of Saddam Hussein.

The Dun Commission of Christian scholars in 1950 in their report on The Christian Conscience and Weapons of Mass Destruction stated that «to accept general war as inevitable is to treat ourselves as helpless objects carried by a fated tide of events rather than as responsible men,» and went on to say, «One reason why fascism and Naziism gained their dread power over great nations was because otherwise decent people bowed before what they regarded as «inevitable» and allowed a «wave of the future» to inundate them.»

The local associations appeared to exert the greatest power and threat to congregational autonomy, so the Baptists gradually nullified the power of these groups, and thereby eliminated the most effective instrument for balancing the powers of the state and national conventions in their relations with the congregations.

But its strength is distributed so as to give it great majorities in some cities, and enormous political power and cultural influence in many states.

In KJV Rev 2:26 nations participate in the Messianic Reign, And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: In KJV Rev 7:9 it is stated, After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

By insisting on the moral value of increasing natural and social complexity, he overlooks a historical trend which has been identified by many, most notably Reinhold Niebuhr: the more organized and highly structured the group or state, the greater is its hypocrisy and abuse» of power.

IN PLURIMIS (On the Abolition of Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author of all life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke of slavery by the law of nations.»

For peoples subject to, or allied with, the Roman state, this change in the form of government did not make a great deal of difference, except that in the early years of the empire the power struggles which accompanied the decline of the republic seemed to have come to an end, and tax - collection by private companies, often accompanied by extortion, was replaced by tax - collection by civil servants.

In the published life and speeches of Henry Clay are several that were delivered at different barbecues, where he addressed the people on state and national affairs, with an eloquence and power equal to, if not greater than, that with which he enchained the Senate.

There is no doubt the Ox is a great talent but the challenge is for him to be consistent and perfect his skills.He is surely destined for greatness, he is poised to drive us to glory once again as evident in his power and hunger with the ball.Hope the proff gives him enough play time to state his claim

It is boys like Fred Schmidt and his New Trier teammates who will keep the United States the greatest swimming power in the world.

That pursuit of perfection is what will likely vault Browning to the top of the state's greatest quarterbacks of all time — at least according to the numbers — and keep opposing defenses on their toes as Folsom's offense powers on.

Some attribute this greater assertiveness to China's enhanced confidence post-2008 — the shift in relative power vis - à - vis the United States and the West more broadly has emboldened the government.

An important point to note is that the concept of a country is fairly new; I have read, and agree, that modern states did not become such an important unit of human organization until the Great Depression in the 1930s; at that time the problems facing them - broken economies and socialist movements - the country level government was the only organization existing that could solve these problems while the existing power structure stayed in power.

In the context of a widespread sense of American decline, what seemed to be at stake was nothing less than the status of the United States as a great power and the leader of the free world.

As a player of the politics of the developing world and as an aspirant great power, notions of state sovereignty, non-imperialism and strategic freedom underpin India's diplomatic priorities.

There's also the somewhat unspoken rule in getting recognized as an international state that you have to not be at odds with any of the great powers.

The power vacuum emerging from this rapid decline has heated up competition between the numerous parties in the conflict — regular forces of regional states and great powers, as well as various militias often acting as their proxies — to control former ISIS territories.

The UK is also seen as offering a welcome to infrastructure investment that delivers stable long - term returns that continues to be of great interest to China from projects regarded as too sensitive for foreign involvement by other states, such as the nuclear power industry.

However, it is also conceivable that the UK might become so bloody arrogant about it all that no one cares anymore about recognising its special status as a former member state or great power.

It signals that states like Britain no longer enjoy what Hedley Bull identified as a central component of status as a great power: «great powers are powers recognized by others to have... special rights and duties».

Titles like the Ooni of Ife, Aareonokankafo of Yorubaland, Deji of Akure, Bobagunwa ilu Egba, and Alaafin of Oyo bring a great deal of respect, influence, and power in certain Nigerian communities.6 According to Nigerian scholar Ali Yahaya (2005: 242), traditional authorities «exercise considerable influence and are consulted by the federal, state, and local governments.»

The power exercised by the state therefore needs to be decentralized, participatory democracy encouraged and a greater emphasis placed on social justice and environmental sustainability.

In no short measure, these newcomers — predominantly young and willing to work — helped to propel the United States from geopolitical pygmy in the late 1700s to great power status by at least 1898.

Whilst the Hollande visit is great for the Ukip cause, because it illustrates that all 28 states need to sign up to treaty change before any negotiations on bringing back power from Brussels can happen, I do feel utter dismay that France thinks that this issue is more important.

But we need this for our state's safety, so that we no longer must rely on a terribly risky power source so near our nation's largest and greatest city.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.