Possession
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476 examples of Possession in a sentence
Much has been written about the painting collections of hedge fund managers and private equity art funds (where one essentially buys shares in portfolios of art without actually ever taking
possession
of anything).
As I have shown elsewhere, the poor of the world are in
possession
of some $18 trillion of undocumented assets in real estate alone.
In the headwaters of the Amazon River, for example, most of the 1,496 local communities cannot fix precise boundaries – using universal coordinates and enforceable property law – to the land in their
possession.
Germany long ago renounced
possession
of nuclear weapons, and it is unlikely to become a permanent member of the Security Council soon.
We know that the knowledge of an adversary’s
possession
of supremely destructive weapons (as with chemical and biological weapons before 1939) has not stopped war between major powers in the past.
North Korea certainly believes that
possession
of even a very small number of nuclear weapons constitutes some deterrent against forcible regime change, with the experience of Serbia in 1999, Iraq in 2003, and Libya in 2011 no doubt reinforcing its perception that states without such weapons are particularly vulnerable.
Then there are the cases where both sides’
possession
of nuclear weapons, rather than operating as a constraining factor, has given one side the opportunity to launch small military actions without serious fear of nuclear reprisal, owing to the too-high stakes of such a response.
Acquiring government power through
possession
of capital--and converting it into unjust economic rents--must be curtailed.
In 2014, the West Africa Commission on Drugs noted that criminalizing every aspect of drug-related activity, including
possession
for personal use, has resulted in a host of negative consequences.
One would be to live with a North Korea in
possession
of missiles that could bring nuclear bombs to US soil.
Had US President Barack Obama’s administration shown similar resolve in the South China Sea, perhaps China would not now be in
possession
of seven militarized artificial islands there.
Or, again in the Middle East, there has been the blind eye endlessly turned to Israel’s actual
possession
of nuclear weapons, in contrast to the response to Iran’s possible early moves in that direction.
The victims were poisoned because this April, in a fit of moralism, Bihar adopted a draconian law prohibiting the sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol.
Home is a private
possession.
Instead, they have recommended a step-by-step approach, eventually leading to a ban on the
possession
and production of nuclear weapons.
A sweeping defense review that Japan recently carried out reaffirms that it will continue to oppose its immediate neighbors’
possession
of nuclear arms.
Leadership entails more than the
possession
of enormous economic and military power.
Had the Fed been in
possession
of contingency plans for putting too-big-to-fail institutions into receivership and becoming the risk-bearer of last resort, we would probably be living in a very different world today.
All sides agree that, unless there is a diplomatic solution, Iran’s
possession
of nuclear weapons must be prevented in good time and by any means necessary.
Several Indian states have passed laws outlawing cow slaughter, and some have prohibited the
possession
and consumption of beef altogether.
This will partly offset the effect of US tariffs; at the same time, it will increase China’s competitiveness with other countries—and this will be true even if China doesn’t use other instruments in its possession, like wage and price controls, or push strongly for productivity increases.
That is why collateral was invented: if I do not repay the money you lent me, you can take
possession
of something worth more than the loan.
Voters have to internalize a sense of
possession
over their politics, and this sentiment of ownership and obligation grows organically, not prescriptively.
One state – Oregon – is now set to abolish criminal penalties for
possession
of small quantities of all illegal drugs, from heroin to methamphetamine.
Launched in the 1970s by US President Richard Nixon, drug
possession
today is a criminal offense in most countries, and users face severe social stigma.
In Portugal, HIV rates have plummeted since
possession
of all drugs was decriminalized and harm-reduction interventions were ramped up almost 20 years ago.
Alternatively, the data Libra transactions provide could be mined, like all the other data that’s come into Facebook’s
possession
– reinforcing its market power and profits, and further undermining our security and privacy.
This leaves them unable to leverage what should be their most productive asset, or even count on that asset remaining in their
possession.
Popper had taught me that perfect knowledge was not attainable, and that totalitarian ideologies, which claimed to be in
possession
of the ultimate truth, could prevail only by repressive means.
Since the 1980s, conservative rulings have increasingly constrained national economic regulations – echoing the once-discredited approach of the pre-1937 Court – and created an individual right to gun possession, strengthened religious rights, overturned restrictions on campaign financing, weakened protections for racial minorities, and eroded abortion rights.
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