Powerful
in sentence
5141 examples of Powerful in a sentence
To resolve outstanding issues with Iran, the West should be dealing with the only person
powerful
enough to make deals and deliver concessions.
Barely a week after prosecutors accused Tymoshenko – based, yet again, on mere hearsay – of organizing the 1996 assassination of a member of parliament, Yanukovych proclaimed: “Our goal is to ensure real economic and political independence, strengthen democracy and the rule of law, and establish Ukraine as [a] young, powerful, and modern state.”
The Sherman Act itself did not change this situation overnight, but, once President Theodore Roosevelt decided to take up the cause, it became a
powerful
tool that could be used to break up industrial and transportation monopolies.
But the break-up, a decade later, of Standard Oil – perhaps the most
powerful
company in the history of the world to that date – was seen by mainstream opinion as completely reasonable.
Why are these antitrust tools not used against today’s megabanks, which have become so
powerful
that they can sway legislation and regulation massively in their favor, while also receiving generous taxpayer-financed bailouts as needed?
“If just one regulator uses these extraordinary powers [to break up too-big-to-fail banks] just once,” he says, “it will send a
powerful
message,” one that would “significantly reform how all financial services firms behave forever more.”
Even if the reality never looks like the ideal, the pursuit of that ideal serves as a
powerful
motivator, linking diverse actors through a shared goal – one that would serve everyone’s interests.
Although some of its members entered the cabinet under Abhisit, PAD leaders felt betrayed and abandoned by Abhisit and some of his
powerful
backers.
In the digital age, the opposite is true: cheap computer storage,
powerful
processors, and ubiquitous Internet access have made remembering the norm.
The market is no panacea, and it can work only with a state that operates properly, but it is a
powerful
stabilizing force.
The problem is that Pakistan’s
powerful
military, whose generals dictate terms to a largely impotent civilian government, seems committed to protecting, and even nurturing, terrorists on Pakistani soil.
They are a homegrown challenge to an entrenched political order, and they are riding a
powerful
historical current.
Within that area, both are
powerful
in suppressing violent conflict.
His trouble was with
powerful
opponents in Iran’s security apparatus, who sabotaged his pragmatic foreign-policy initiatives by staging terrorist attacks in France, Germany, and Argentina.
Social media are another
powerful
and relatively cheap tool to reach millions of people.
But there are
powerful
arguments against the principles of his approach.
This is not just because the banking crisis in 1933 was greater than today’s crisis; it is because much more
powerful
financial lobbies now stand between pen and policy.
If reformers are to win, they must be prepared to fight the world’s most
powerful
vested interest.
Second, the
powerful
forces of political Islam may now be carried away by passions, wrath, and a sense of victimization; but they will inevitably opt to participate in domestic politics through organized structures and processes.
Powerful
interests usually prevail.
Economic growth will bring China closer to the US in power resources, but that doesn't necessarily mean that China will surpass the US as the most
powerful
country.
But how he deals with the Islamic Fundamentalists in Benghazi, Al-Bayda, Delna and other areas who claim that their contribution to the victory requires them to have a
powerful
say in the new order will go a long way toward determining Libya’s future.
The killing had spurred fear that tribal warfare would break out, as Younis was part of the
powerful
Obaida tribe, which lives around Benghazi.
Germany never really accepted Monti's decision to bar government guarantees on the balance sheets of its Landesbanken, the
powerful
regional banks.
While Trump has made deals to keep some jobs in the US, such as the agreement with Carrier, his more
powerful
tactic has been to threaten companies’ brand image, including via Twitter.
The top 1% did even better – so much better, in fact, that the business elite is now facing a
powerful
backlash.
When throngs of citizens took to the streets of Istanbul in the middle of the night, in an effort to push back the military coup makers, it was a
powerful
show of collective action – one that should interest any political leader, particularly those seeking to develop their countries.
The national captain was revealed to have a conflict of interest, and the son-in-law of Indian cricket’s most
powerful
official was implicated in an illegal gambling operation run by a sinister network of bookies.
These tales of political intrigue competed for attention with lurid allegations of sexual misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, US Senate candidate Roy Moore, and other
powerful
men.
The hard-pressed American consumer solved both problems, by becoming a
powerful
source of external support for Chinese growth and by benefiting from the lower prices of products made in China.
Back
Next
Related words
Their
Which
There
Would
World
Could
People
About
Country
Other
Political
Economic
Countries
Against
Movie
Power
Become
Government
Global
Years