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That there is a difference between power wielded in service of a few and power wielded in service of all.
"Legitimacy, at its heart, is the feeling that the authority being wielded over you is being wielded fairly and justly," says Faris.
Power in these places is not just wielded at the ballot box; it is wielded by movements and collaboratives in a thousand ways.
In 2020, voters have an opportunity to replace Trump, as well as all those who stood silently, while he wielded the recklessly wielded the power granted to him.
Laser swords wielded by space wizards are cool as hell.
Wielded by a player of Joe's skill, it's completely lethal.
Spanish police wielded batons at crowds attempting to vote. Oct.
Market participants say the central bank has always wielded control.
They wielded spears and swords, then danced with paper fans.
Marauding residents wielded guns, sticks of dynamite, bottles of kerosene.
These women wielded race and class privilege to rewrite history.
Protesters, she said, wielded homemade mortars that created smoky diversions.
Localism is not federal power wielded on a smaller scale.
And no one wielded it more effectively than Calvin Klein.
Mr. Swan's foreign origins have also been wielded against him.
These were men who channeled power, wielded it, embodied it.
He was wearing body armor as he wielded his horror.
How he wielded those billions seemed more to the point.
Wands are wielded like fencing swords, a subtle visual link.
Police have wielded tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons against participants.
Suneson declined to say which of the suspects wielded the bottle.
I suspect he never knew how much power he actually wielded.
Dual-wielded hand shotguns that deal high damage at close range.
Where his predecessors wielded fire extinguishers, Trump prefers a flame tosser.
Now, for months, Nunes has widely wielded influence behind the scenes.
The leverage wielded by other parties will test Trump's hardball approach.
Yet the state has wielded authoritarian powers, generating waste and corruption.
She wielded her voice like a sword for truth and love.
Wearing a yellow bodysuit, he wielded his nunchucks over my bed.
The algorithms are surprisingly uninterested in the tools wielded by programmers.
Most nights in Afghanistan, I wielded an M4 carbine and a .
Others showed the powerful weaponry wielded by the traffickers, including mounted .
Yet the state has wielded authoritarian powers, generating waste and corruption.
Of the strength that solidarity wielded in 2016, over and over.
Those types of interactions have wielded deadly results in the past.
He ridiculed the lefty way she wielded a pair of scissors.
The hero in Snow Crash wielded a sword in the virtual world.
A world in which more women wielded power might be more egalitarian.
But with greater frequency this season, Marisnick has wielded a powerful bat.
We're talking about hot cooking oil, allegedly wielded by an irate employee.
Is sex something to crave, or is it something to be wielded?
Zuul also might have wielded it against rivals of its own kind.
Through such relationships, the CIA wielded undue influence on the literary landscape.
In 2011, Republicans wielded the debt ceiling to extract government spending cuts.
Public prosecutors and judges have wielded their constitutionally guaranteed independence with gusto.
In Samos, migrants wielded knives and iron bars, and they lit fires.
We cannot underestimate the power that religious conservatives wielded over this debate.
I was sitting in front of a man who wielded enormous power.
They wielded large tools and even drove an excavator into the backyard.
Even lawfully conferred powers wielded by the president cannot be employed corruptly.
The Vietnamese infantryman wielded the finest of assault rifles — the AK-47.
Up on the dais, presiding, John Roberts wielded a No. 2 pencil.
One man wielded a fire extinguisher, video footage on social media showed.
The rapist typically wore a ski mask, and usually wielded a gun.
John Delaney wielded the argument recently to grab attention they've desperately sought.
The privilege has traditionally been wielded as a shield, not a sword.
"These creatures look like nothing on Earth and they wielded awesome technology."
It wasn't the first time Grace had wielded influence over her husband.
He had buy-in from the top and he wielded that stick aggressively.
It can be wielded casually, and, until the trigger is pulled, nigh invisibly.
This person still wielded considerable power, which made breaking the story incredibly difficult.
Benton Stevens and Kolfage jointly wielded the scissors during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Power is wielded by people who can get physically close to the king.
And each year about 11,000 people are killed by guns wielded by others.
They're happy to bury the hatchet, since he's the one who wielded it.
He wielded the possession of an early Misfits single like it was currency.
Democratic Senate candidates have already wielded Mr. Trump against their opponents this week.
Brace yourself for waterboarding and other tools of torture, wielded in grainy gloom.
While most protesters were peaceful, some groups wielded makeshift weapons and street barricades.
He wielded power like a tyrant, controlling every aspect of the island's existence.
The Twitter mob has wielded power since "President Donald Trump" was a joke.
Celebrities have always wielded political clout—just ask Ronald Reagan or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Huawei also got a stark demonstration of the power Washington wielded over it.
All around him was shiny invention but it wielded a double-edged sword.
And when it comes to design, the oil industry has wielded enormous influence.
The remaining jobs are too often wielded as a cudgel of social control.
Debates in particular have long wielded a special power to trigger male condescension.
It would be merciful if Iowans wielded the weapon of execution for us.
Her power is awesome, and must be wielded wisely by a human vessel.
The U.S. has wielded sanctions internationally, including in its current dispute with Iran.
That's largely because Moscow has wielded energy as a weapon in the past.
Unlimited power corrupts, even when the power is wielded by people in hoodies.
Needless to say, this should be wielded with extreme caution, if at all.
A revolution during his childhood had curtailed the absolute power his ancestors once wielded.
Not since Mao Zedong has a Chinese leader wielded so much power so openly.
More likely, that algorithm will become a tool wielded by your still-human doctor.
Dual-wielded, fast-firing auto-pistols that shoot simultaneously whenever the trigger is pulled.
For DeLillo, the banal is often wielded ironically and occasionally folded into the sublime.
Trump wielded kettle logic to induce this state of delirium all through his campaign.
His biggest data point, wielded like a cudgel: America's $500 billion annual trade deficit.
Witness the power it has wielded in California, the nation's bluest (and greenest) state.
But powerful surveillance technologies, wielded without proper guidelines or oversight, go beyond the pale.
Whatever influence the president may have at times wielded over the economy is diminishing.
In fact, it pre-dates our Constitution and has been wielded continually ever since.
Both gunmen wielded assault-style rifles in the separate shootings, which killed 31 people.
National interest has only ever been a tool wielded to hold on to power.
But in many ways she wielded as much power as either of these women.
He was the voice of the Philly underground, and he wielded that power wisely.
The extent of influence wielded by the largest campaign donors today is virtually endless.
Westerners — and particularly foreign businesses — are incredulous over the power that prosecutors have wielded.
Some in the West have reacted strongly to the power that prosecutors have wielded.
Menachem Begin said it best: "Ben Hecht wielded his pen like a drawn sword."
Unlike other modern first ladies who wielded influence behind the scenes, friends say Mrs.
These offshore companies effectively obscured the control wielded by top executives and their relatives.
And there's proof that it was, in fact, he who wielded the proverbial pen.
"Instead, the topic was wielded as a cudgel, hijacked for maximum provocation," she writes.
He is believed to have wielded the knife that killed her, the police said.
He knows that social capital can be wielded as a source of soft power.
One suspect brandished a firearm and the other wielded a baton, the FBI posted.
At the rally, Shui Y. Gao, an 82-year-old grandmother, wielded a microphone.
They held large Kurdish flags, out their car windows and wielded light machine guns.
That isn't a power fund companies like BlackRock and its rivals have typically wielded.
But there are some superb examples of how women wielded power in earlier ages.
Baker wielded much power in the circle of mammalogy and in the biological sciences department.
Over the past year, internet companies wielded the hammer known as "deplatforming" more than ever.
Crown powers wielded by the Prime Minister also include the power to go to war.
We see it as a weapon wielded by the intolerant against those who are different.
Tough rules are painful when wielded against you, but useful when holding others to account.
Mona hates Alison, but she also aspires to reach the social power that Alison wielded.
Unsurprisingly, Cadillac is French, historically a language wielded as a signifier of elegance and class.
Who will hold the power, and will it be wielded for good or for bad?
Suneson declined to say which of the suspects had wielded the bottle in the fight.
I loved how Twin Peaks: the Return possessed—wielded violently, even—the capacity to surprise.
Both women knew that Cosby wielded power over their professional lives and they behaved accordingly.
African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to think that guns are wielded by gangs.
The president wielded his Twitter account to stump for Bevin before the flight (The Hill).
"We don't need Sodom and Gomorrah," read some signs, and some protesters wielded stinging nettles.
For decades, the gun lobby wielded enormous influence over our nation's laws and corporate policies.
Iran also wielded Shiite militias to control Iraqi streets and undermine the American-led occupation.
This complaint is just the latest example of anti-religious falsehoods wielded to destroy lives.
Mr. Khashoggi applauded those moves, but chafed at the authoritarian way the prince wielded power.
But there was a time when it felt like it wielded almost too much power.
But he wielded outsize influence because Chungcheong was well known as a swing-vote region.
Large mining companies like Rio Tinto and BHP have long wielded enormous power in Australia.
Two senior lawyers repeatedly raised concerns that Mr. Nada still wielded influence over those matters.
But that phrase wielded the power to take almost every single semiconductor-related stock plummeting.
The documents show how the fighters wielded power through two complementary tools: brutality and bureaucracy.
He also acknowledged that Mr. Zinke wielded a lot of power over the energy industry.
She's wielded her online following as a battle ax and inspired a nationwide grassroots movement.
She wore a purple suit with a ruffled blouse, and wielded a Prince-like cane.
Mr. Trump has wielded tariffs as a stick to get Beijing to the bargaining table.
Crouser discovered one day that he wielded a sledgehammer with a lot of power, too.
This is not the first time that Ford has wielded her social media savvy for good.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has launched an investigation into the power wielded by Facebook (FB.
In particular, so-called secondary sanctions should be wielded in the most "exceptional" circumstances, Lew said.
The implication is clear: the tools might be sleeker, but they're still wielded by human beings.
An old-fashioned kingWhen King Bhumibol was born, in 1927, Thai kings still wielded unfettered authority.
Azor Ahai once wielded a magical flaming sword called Lightbringer and saved the world from darkness.
The rates so deftly wielded by central banks hit zero, leaving policymakers grasping at untested alternatives.
The latter, wielded by Europeans, has dominated the half millennium since that scrape on the beach.
He saw who wielded real power in the world: Corporations and the people that run them.
Hayek's piece shines a light on just how much power Weinstein wielded in the entertainment industry.
The good future is wielded like a club to bludgeon the bad and reward the faithful.
Mr Rodríguez, said guns were not used; instead, the prisoners wielded "sharp weapons, bats and sticks".
Kikanbou means "spiked bat," which is the weapon wielded by "oni," the demons of Japanese folklore.
Police in riot gear wielded batons to clear the street minutes later and free trapped officers.
People reported their enemies, and wielded the threat of denunciation in personal, tribal, and workplace disputes.
Trump and his allies have instead wielded every ancient trope used to denigrate would-be immigrants.
Expensive aircraft carriers and advanced aircraft can be threatened by much cheaper missiles wielded by extremists.
Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 1932, but the royal family has wielded great influence.
And while his Republican adversaries wielded the tax return issue against him, he fought back furiously.
Rubio understands the state he represents, and wielded that knowledge effectively against Trump at Thursday's debate.
"It's essentially a weapon, and when wielded correctly, it can have pretty devastating results," he says.
But, like any tool, testing is only as useful as the skill with which it's wielded.
Prominent real estate developers, who have long wielded influence in Albany, appealed in vain to Gov.
She has wielded her limited questions to maximum effect, most recently with Attorney General William Barr.
As Mr. Kelly's closest aide, Mr. Fuentes has wielded disproportionate power in the Trump White House.
In each one, the judge has wielded an acerbic wit and ironclad control of the courtroom.
The speaker who wielded that gavel on that day was, for the first time, a woman.
The "I" she wielded seemed more present, the defenseless voice of the writer behind the author.
The intervention came in a country where money, fame and power are most often wielded lightly.
Lewandowski allegedly struggled with campaign chairman Paul Manafort over who wielded more influence on Trump's team.
The men wielded jackhammers, drilling holes so sticks of dynamite could be pressed into the rock.
How often was the only power her mother had the one she wielded over her daughters?
Both played crucial roles in his presidential bid and have wielded outsize power during his transition.
But physical prowess may be a contraindication of "maleness" when wielded recklessly or for criminal purpose.
WeWork's filings revealed just how much power Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, wielded at the company.
The weapon being wielded against TikTok is the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Even six miles in a city of ~8.5M people indicates a ridiculously blunt instrument being wielded here.
The meme, when wielded by those who best understood its potency, emerged as the ultimate online weapon.
He's the only full-blooded human known to have wielded an Infinity Stone without any ill effects.
BlackRock hasn't traditionally wielded its voting power very forcefully, although in recent years that's begun to change.
The House committee said it was concerned about the immense influence wielded by the largest tech companies.
While my character wielded a firearm, it was never fired, and thus my gender was Chekhov's gun.
Every kid wanted to be your friend but you wielded your power in a fair, kind way.
So she is a powerful and influential aide who has wielded her power to influence the President.
But kettle logic becomes something very different when it's wielded by a person in power like Trump.
They were met with hundreds of protestors who wielded Gritty signs like a crucifix against a vampire.
Pessimists also point out that China has wielded enormous influence in Hong Kong since long before 1997.
After all, surveillance powers are wielded by humans, with all of their prejudices and temptations and flaws.
The plague of wands topped with phone clamps and wielded by photo-loving tourists everywhere seems unstoppable.
Gentrification is a mechanism of power, and ethnicity is only one way that power can be wielded.
The vetoes wielded in Congress by those who take an expansive view of gun rights is one.
Smith wielded his subpoena powers in a multi-year battle against government climate scientists, Others, including Sens.
Never before have corporations and special interests wielded so much power at the expense of ordinary Americans.
Mr. Kim has wielded his Twitter account to point to dire statistics and boost Asian-American creators.
In recent times France and Britain have wielded their own carriers to demonstrate continued relevance in Asia.
And although urban ruling classes wielded organized military power, they were often sitting ducks for barbarian raiders.
Instead, institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not.
Which I think underscores my position that such power should not be wielded by a single company.
I'd never marked a trail before (nor wielded a machete-like cutlass), but I loved the process.
Southern Wine & Spirits and the Teamster's Union wielded their political influence with California's legislature and executive branch.
Supporters say the new law levels the playing field, diminishing the heavy advantage New York prosecutors wielded.
One is left with the impression that Roxelana consistently wielded impressive power, except when things went badly.
The tremendous power wielded by Mr. Moonves explains why many have kept their condemnations to a whisper.
Far more important, he just did not have the sort of compelling biography that Mr. Lamb wielded.
Challengers to the program's opponents in the State Senate have also wielded the cameras as political ammunition.
Spain has whittled down the deficit since a financial crisis, after the PP wielded deep spending cuts.
When he was finished, prosecutors said he reminded her of the power he wielded in the industry.
Lutsenko used the power he wielded from the position to go after Tymoshenko and her Fatherland party.
Many women said he wielded his power in the movie industry to pressure women into sexual acts.
Supporters wielded signs saying "Free Stone, jail Hillary" and "We stand with Stone" while chanting Stone's name.
Many more wielded social media to call out their critics and companies with partnerships with the NRA.
The hits are less likely to come from hips than sticks, which are sometimes wielded like swords.
The teenager, the second suspect arrested in the case, is believed to have wielded the murder weapon.
Sitting side by side with the Crown Prince in the Oval Office, Trump wielded a huge check.
When Meyerhold wrote that "theater is a very dangerous weapon," he meant a weapon wielded by artists.
"The weapons of the people's democratic dictatorship must be wielded without any hesitation or wavering," he declared.
Trump has wielded his pardon power in ways he evidently believes will work to his political advantage.
One fan wielded a crutch as a surrogate electric guitar, another pumped his cane into the air.
They've held that religion can be wielded as a sword to cut away the rights of others.
Nissan has said that Ghosn wielded too much power, creating a lack of oversight and corporate governance.
The two strategies are very different, and the term "geoengineering" is sometimes wielded to misleadingly conflate them.
This is nothing short of a playbook for austerity wielded by some very powerful behind-the-scenes players.
He regarded himself as a modern, socialist, urban alternative to the tribal authority wielded by the elder Barzani.
And part of the problem is that Trump has wielded a big stick with allies and enemies alike.
Roosevelt swiftly wielded that power, carving out roughly a million acres of land to protect from private industrialization.
The phrase "feel-good movie" is almost always wielded ironically, but there are different ways to feel good.
There were still conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans and these factions wielded considerable power within their party coalitions.
"Law enforcement has not said that she wielded a weapon," Merritt told the New York Times on Sunday.
There is legitimate power wielded by Indigenous and Xicano leaders that helps empower discourses toward relevancy and honesty.
Even if a sales ban has potential benefits, not everyone agrees with health policy wielded like a hammer.
Marquis-Boire, said sources, effectively wielded social capital and influence against those who would speak out against him.
The DEA of past seasons of Narcos wielded tangible power, but that's not how it is in Guadalajara.
A tell-all interview about the ways in which men wielded their influence within the walls of NBC?
In Algeria institutions are stronger, but authority is still wielded by what Algerians call le pouvoir (the power).
IDA TARBELL, the great muckraker of the early 2000th century, not only wielded her pen against Standard Oil.
Mr López Obrador's congressional majority will give him more power than any president has wielded since the 1990s.
The clans who wielded power during Mr Bouteflika's long rule are now locked in a battle to survive.
The tariffs would be wielded as a negotiating tool, but are not a foregone conclusion, Trump has said.
In a way you can imagine impenetrable writing as a defensive strategy wielded to scare off editor-meddlers.
Nissan has said the executive wielded far too much power, creating a lack of oversight and corporate governance.
And nor should any of us witnessing the repeated injustices and structural oppression wielded against the black community.
The army has generally wielded power in Algeria behind the scenes, but has intervened publicly during pivotal moments.
They have nothing to do with the authoritarian language wielded in terms such as deskilling and relational aesthetics.
That mystery man looks an awful lot like Gendry, whose father Robert Baratheon also wielded the same weapon.
In the 1830s and 1840s, moral statistics were wielded both to defend and attack the institution of slavery.
Separating them from the adulation they enjoyed, the power that they wielded, was its own kind of sentence.
This is diplomacy in motion, soft power wielded like a machete through the diligent, decisive act of dressing.
As a regular contributor to Harper's Weekly, he wielded enormous influence, skewering corrupt officials and politicians he opposed.
At the same time, Congress insisted that reassignments not be wielded as weapons of retaliation or political intimidation.
His reign as speaker spanned five governorships, and nobody wielded as much influence over state law as him.
Party leaders and committee chairmen wielded tools such as earmarks, campaign funds and leadership posts to whip votes.
Arguably the most egregious violation of physical laws in Star Wars is the iconic lightsabers wielded by Jedis.
A script, a file containing many commands executed in sequence, is very often how this power is wielded.
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón has effectively wielded her influence in Congress to the benefit of her constituents.
But in office, Modi has wielded the tools of state control at least as aggressively as his predecessors.
A young up-and-comer blows the whistle on a powerful mentor who wielded control over his career.
Census data was wielded not only against demographic groups but also, on at least one occasion, against individuals.
The original purpose of the Yemen offensive was to blunt Iranian influence wielded there through the Houthi rebels.
It wielded its immense influence indirectly, by cohering a serious, disciplined community and letting it do the work.
In the past, yellow lightsabers have mostly been limited to Jedi temple guards, who wielded double-bladed sabers.
Mr. Hastings of Netflix and other tech executives rejected the idea that they wielded significant influence in education.
When he gave them toys to play with, they wielded them in frustration; overall, they played less cooperatively.
In my own work, I have found that Poirot is often right: Each suspect wielded his own knife.
The prevalence of child abuse offers a dark mirror that reflects how power is wielded in our society.
The unlikely duo wielded the same combination of indignation and inquisition that framed their argument about sexual harassment.
The Blue Dog Coalition wielded influence within the Democratic caucus when it grew to 54 members in 2008.
White phosphorus was used in the pre-invasion bombardment and U.S. troops wielded flame-throwers during the battle.
He implored the Senate to end the era in American history where Congress regularly wielded its impeachment powers.
For starters, rarely have skilled professionals — tech workers especially — wielded as much market power as they do now.
Was it the results, or the control being wielded over his daughter, that was and is most important?
The event was counter-protested by dozens of students who staged a "mass farting" protest and wielded dildos.
It has an ugly history of being wielded by dictators and tyrants who sought to control public information.
Prince maintained close control of his music rights, and wielded them to an extent few other musicians can.
In theory, Mr. Erdogan's re-election as president gives him sweeping powers that he has never wielded before.
It is a group that once wielded extraordinary influence and had a lock on elected offices for decades.
It's the sort of accusation that, wielded by a private school against a city school, would seem baseless.
But when it comes to family and the way that idea is wielded, some things have not changed enough. ●
The agreement has been helped by the fact the power wielded by OPEC is unparalleled in the commodities world.
He wielded his power with woman in fucked up ways — sometimes to the point where they left comedy entirely.
Wielded as a single cudgel, the "Hillary Clinton email scandal" has become a powerful weapon against the Democratic nominee.
We have held our tongues, threatened by power wielded over us and promises of institutional access and career advancement.
Mr. Bloomberg was depicted in the briefing as a big-government politician who had wielded his power too freely.
Few politicians have wielded such influence in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed Shah.
It's the power that Comey wielded Tuesday that prompted some former Justice officials to publicly criticize the FBI director.
CIAM has said Kessler wielded too much power at SCOR and the firm lacked the right checks and balances.
It's a story less about power and more about our desire to believe that power is being wielded responsibly.
Click here to view original GIFYouTube's HMS2 wields a hobby knife like ancient samurai warriors wielded their katana swords.
A security law, known as Article 20133, wielded in the name of punishing treason and secessionism, keeps citizens wary.
This is an era of fake news, in which the idea of fake news is wielded as a weapon.
Five men were dead, beaten to death with fists, feet, sticks, and office furniture wielded by a raging mob.
We're now in an age where cameras are frequently wielded as the last, safest line of defense for onlookers.
Huberfeld no longer had an official position at Platinum at the time, but Bell said he still wielded influence.
Maybe all I needed were some commonly used textual analysis tools wielded by data scientists and machine learning engineers.
In recent weeks, the troubles of Mr. Hubbard, who had wielded a level of influence that easily rivaled Gov.
As a gay man himself, he worried that such research could be misconstrued or wielded to advance hateful agendas.
Among fans and fellow artists, the freakish control Prince wielded over his work made him something of a king.
But what he wielded was an assortment of alternative facts and figures that served to pervert rather than persuade.
Trump and Republicans have wielded talk of impeachment as a political cudgel, and revived that strategy following Cohen's remarks.
Mostly originating from Kenya's central highlands, the Kikuyu have long wielded strong economic and political power within the country.
They fought such taxes tirelessly, and for two centuries wielded their power to keep taxes and public institutions archaic.
In recent years, Uber and Lyft have wielded remarkable political power, be it through intense lobbying, or organized outcry.
That mascot Lumberjack wielded a purple wooden ax, wore suspenders and skinny Wranglers, and had a long red beard.
It's not difficult to see how intimate, private photographs can be wielded in a way that threatens someone's job.
Wielded with subtlety, Ms. Lawless said, they can still benefit male politicians among some older and less-partisan voters.
He has wielded his influence to deliver relentless economic growth through unrestrained borrowing, lifting debt levels to alarming heights.
But a street sweeper wielded a broom that could easily have been from the 1940s, if not the 1640s.
Deng wielded much of his power informally, without titles or term limits, and through his control of the military.
And, perhaps most commonly, domestic disputes between partners escalate when guns—typically wielded by men—are in the household.
" But he cautions against the "sanctimonious anger wielded by inequality's critics," because inequality "cannot be resolved by identifying villains.
Prank calls are a delicate art: They're potentially juvenile, but can be wielded for justice in the right hands.
Fermi wielded a six-inch slide rule as we today wield our iPhones, to plumb the essence of events.
At the time, Mr. Lozoya was the international coordinator for the campaign and wielded significant influence with the candidate.
We later learned Amber also allegedly wielded a machete and struck a door with Andrew on the other side.
Mr. Mulvaney has not wielded much power over the budget and played a back-seat role in budget negotiations.
The church has wielded political and social clout in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country, for over 400 years.
Impeachment, along with every other congressional oversight power, is being abused and wielded as a weapon of political war.
They had better lightsabers In the original Star Wars trilogy, the actors wielded, essentially, painted sticks during lightsaber battles.
Le Peuch has wielded an axe to the company's asset-heavy businesses, taking a $12.7 billion charge last quarter.
Popularly known as a "pillar of the Revolution", he wielded wide influence in core decision-making bodies of Iran.
Religion is not the problem, not really; rather, it's the way power is concentrated, then wielded against the vulnerable.
Elliott's position effectively turns the tables on SoftBank, which has long wielded vast power through the mega Vision Fund.
Scores (and year-over-year improvement in scores) are often wielded as a sign of the company leadership's success.
Tillis, however, has wielded impeachment against Democrats in North Carolina, which unlike Colorado and Maine backed Trump in 2016.
The people Jesus clashed with and who eventually crucified him were religious authorities and those who wielded political power.
Primarily, that meant components for E.F.P. weapons, one of the most lethal devices wielded against Americans during the war.
The less explicitly political she sounded, the more political influence she wielded, in convention speeches and other key moments.
These days, it's a term of abuse — a shorthand for puritanical political correctness, a pejorative wielded against liberal elitism.
The First Amendment feels more like a sword wielded by the minority than a shield to protect that minority.
First, this DDoS attack wielded the power of "internet of things" devices, not compromised servers, as is more traditional.
The former leader headed up a centralized government and wielded prestige from the country's civil war to ensure loyalty.
Balanchine, who was known as Mr. B, wielded tremendous power over the lives of the dancers in his company.
Like the alt-right today, the Klan was never a political party, but it wielded sizable influence in politics.
However they publicly greet Mr. Trump, they are happy with key ways in which he has wielded his power.
At one point during the show, the tower turns into a giant sword wielded by one of the protagonists.
In their latest project, the crew from "Man at Arms: Reforged" recreates the enchanted weapon wielded by Harry Potter.
Arya may be equally a victim of emotional trauma, but she has always wielded violence and strength, not softness.
The president has also faced allegations that his friends, the wealthy Gupta businessmen, wielded undue influence over his government.
Never before has a cost center wielded so much leverage and power over the bottom line of an entire industry.
Gordhan supporters say the finance minister is being persecuted for his tough stance against political influence wielded by Zuma's allies.
That same year, the play opened on Broadway after premiering in London, in a production that wielded four Tony nominations.
They also highlight the power Crowley wielded as an old-school Queens politician with influence over hiring and political spoils.
His powerful images created empathy, an effective weapon he deliberately wielded to beat back the injustices of segregation and racism.
But the upward action has also been quite volatile, as economic and geopolitical factors have wielded increasing influence over prices.
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, but King Bhumibol wielded great influence and his son has shown himself to be assertive.
White House counsel Don McGahn has also wielded serious influence over the president since taking on the job last year.
But typically, the funds and freedom to undertake bold, experimental ideas are more commonly wielded by directorial and curatorial positions.
"It's really rare malware," which would be more likely to be wielded by government hackers than ordinary criminals, he said.
In that violence, fans wielded iron bars, kicked and punched their rivals, and hurled chairs and bottles in city streets.
But the power of the pardon is rarely wielded as a way of greasing the skids for vengeance or intimidation.
Its secretaries haven't wielded the power or gained the notoriety of a secretary of state or secretary of the Treasury.
The problem here is that power wielded by politicians isn't the same as that of someone in the general public.
Now, iterations upon iterations later, we can measure the influence it wielded — from Balenciaga to all of its consequential knockoffs.
In the comics, Guardian was Jim Harper, a cop turned vigilante with no super powers who wielded an indestructible shield.
Fans can expect the weapon to be wielded liberally again when the French Open gets under way on May 28.
Yet the language wielded has been has been sharp, even scathing, as they rebuffed the administration's arguments about national security.
Ever since the Reagan era, they have done so gingerly for fear of "big government" attacks wielded effectively by conservatives.
Even big business itself is rising up against the monopolistic power wielded by the Big Three: Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
Saturday Night Live has wielded real political influence in the past, under circumstances much less dire than the present ones.
It has usually wielded its power in symbiosis with a traditional elite comprising the monarchy, aristocrats and interrelated wealthy families.
Mr. Trump in particular has wielded Twitter as a political tool, making the social-media site central to his presidency.
Ms. Mulder portrays the creature hiding behind the glamour that Monroe wielded with such confidence as a frightened, defenseless animal.
Even without a formal position in the Trump administration, Thiel has already wielded significant influence within it, Vanity Fair reported.
Qahtani has wielded that influence over the last three years, with his authority growing alongside that of the young prince.
The brothers were investigated last year by the country's anti-corruption watchdog over allegations they wielded undue influence over Zuma.
Clinton instead chose to smear the alt-Right with the same tropes that it once wielded against today's conservative establishment.
It means going back to the future when titans named Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie and Morgan wielded more power than presidents.
Trump has frequently derided the power wielded by wealthy special interests, arguing that their influence often runs counter to voters.
The more technical the mission, the more likely it can be wielded as a tool to organize employees against leadership.
Some exchanges have wielded unexpected results, with "neighbors" participating in prank wars and meme exchanges and even forming virtual friendships.
The billionaire tech investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel apparently thinks Silicon Valley tech companies have wielded too much unchecked power.
Mr. Brown, first appointed to the commission by Mayor Abraham D. Beame in 1977, wielded power for nearly five years.
Singapore's president is the head of state, but executive power is wielded by the prime minister, currently Lee Hsien Loong.
Laws that were intended to safeguard pregnant women against violence will increasingly be wielded as a tool for prosecuting them.
Senators also questioned the power that both Zuckerberg and Gates before him wielded as the heads of these tech giants.
Clinton instead chose to smear the alt-right with the same tropes that it once wielded against today's conservative establishment.
Localism is the belief that power should be wielded as much as possible at the neighborhood, city and state levels.
Mr. Carson left unmentioned the fact that land-use regulation has historically been wielded by local communities to maintain segregation.
This is the second time that the governor has wielded clemency as a direct rebuke to Mr. Trump's immigration policies.
It values law enforcement as a weapon to be wielded in a particular direction: against social disorder, real and feared.
Fictions like white supremacy have long wielded power over the public imagination and divided us all into winners and losers.
It is hard to think of a modern Speaker of the House who has wielded power as effectively as Pelosi.
Sitting on the witness stand, he suddenly told a jury he had wielded both guns and killed the man alone.
But the most powerful weapon wielded in the conflict so far hasn't been a legal threat or a stock swindle.
On a show like "Billions," where wealth is wielded like a magic charm, perhaps that's a distinction without a difference.
"Law enforcement has not said that she wielded a weapon," Mr. Merritt said, adding that she owned a gun legally.
To a president who puts a premium on loyalty, Mr. Comey represented a fiercely independent official who wielded enormous power.
I won't dive fully into the debate over how Lincoln wielded executive power during the Civil War in this article.
The protesters seek to replace the old guard of rulers who have wielded power since independence from France in 1962.
Legal experts said public attention has become a weapon wielded by lawyers on both sides, with potential risks to each.
Events of the past 18 months, however, have given the film a sharper edge than it otherwise may have wielded.
It was a snappy, crude, unfussy insult, repurposed and wielded by people the Nazis intended to dominate, expel or kill.
In some ways, the tables have turned on SoftBank, which has long wielded vast power through its mega tech fund.
Phones came out and were wielded like knives, each one slicing off a section of her walk for the posting.
The coal industry has long wielded political influence, especially in conservative circles, and Republicans tend to oppose expansive federal regulation.
He, the man who once wielded the power of a state against his enemies, now wallows in his own victimhood.
For one thing, it had swords; and I had already seen enough swords being wielded by Conan and Red Sonja.
Policy planning directors in the past, including during the Obama administration, wielded immense influence over crafting and executing foreign policy.
Trump wielded the medium much as he does now, with a reflexive mix of anger, pride, insults and oddball jokes.
So much for the "Take Back Control" slogan Brexiteers wielded in 2016 to foist every frustration of voters onto Brussels.
It started out as a series that featured lots of different women who wielded power very differently from each other.
WHEN King Salman acceded to the Saudi throne in 2015, it was plain that his son, Muhammad, wielded the real power.
WASHINGTON – Fighting to preserve the all-Republican government, President Trump and his party have wielded a closing election message of fear.
As a senator, McCain spent three decades on the Armed Services Committee, where he wielded outsize influence on US defense policy.
The power he has wielded has led observers to characterize him as the de-facto assignment editor of the conservative media.
It refers to the extent to which people in a hierarchical relationship regard the authority wielded over them as rightly exercised.
Vocations to the priesthood have fallen to a trickle, and the social power wielded by religious orders is a fading memory.
Just one Republican insurgent has wielded such influence after his run for the White House ended in defeat: Senator Barry Goldwater.
The campaigners wielded placards emblazoned with statements about male body image outside London Fashion Week Mens' main venue on the Strand.
McEntire wielded her mighty vocal power through eight songs, drawing from her classics, as well as her recent gospel double album.
With the great power wielded by YouTube and other social-media platforms comes a duty to ensure it is used responsibly.
Roadhog: There's nothing better for shutting down an airborne Pharah than a large hook attached to a long, Roadhog-wielded chain.
Trump wielded his pardon power to influence associates facing prosecution from Mueller, like Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort, not to cooperate.
Plus, we already know that the guests are being watched, and their data is being wielded for some greater commercial purpose.
Well, John Kostelnik, a prison guard at the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, CA, wielded a tambourine in the show's band.
But he appears beefy armed and double-chinned, stripped off the fuck-your-girl-in-the-bathroom magnetism he once wielded.
The box office hit really shows off the wide breadth of talents wielded by the director of Do the Right Thing.
It is apt that a medium over which Silvio Berlusconi wielded so much control should now critique his time in power.
The dealbreaker for the show ... if a jury believes Amber wielded a machete during a heated argument with bf Andrew Glennon.
If you smash a window with a hammer, it's clear that the fault lies with on the person who wielded it.
At one point, a man wearing a black shirt with Confederate patches on it wielded an American flag like a lance.
This unsavory application of one of tech's current darlings will almost certainly be wielded against it by opportunists of all stripes.
"McCarthyism" has become a common—indeed too common—accusation today, wielded across the political spectrum whenever there's a whiff of overreach.
Scores of cities responded with detailed investment plans and juicy incentives: a testament to the power wielded by America's corporate superstars.
Few in the Almeida's Islington audience will fail to recognise the casually-wielded privilege of Zara (Charlotte Hope), Audrey's millennial daughter.
President Donald Trump so far has largely treated the rule of law as a sword to be wielded against his enemies.
A few months earlier, he was struck by a cattle prod wielded by Alabama police during anti-segregation demonstrations in Gadsden.
As The Hill's Vicki Needham reports, the tariffs wielded by the United States and China raised global tensions before taking effect.
Five men arrived in a vehicle at a billiards hall in the violent northeastern neighborhood and wielded AK-47 assault rifles.
But even among those examples, North Carolina stands out for how often the legislature has wielded absolute power in recent years.
When an eSport is wielded haphazardly, it can quickly become a case of marketing to a genre that does not exist.
Damore wielded these sources in an attempt to strike down the belief that women are sometimes professionally harmed by gender biases.
To pair with his new crampons, he developed an axe small enough such that it could be wielded with one hand.
This term is wielded to write off these places as just aberrations from what supposedly smart and sane politics would yield.
It's also worth remembering that the American system of government was set up in opposition to kings who wielded unchecked power.
Understanding the monument's manipulation in the past may now help us to understand how it is being wielded in the present.
The term is often wielded as a slur, used to discount the lives of the young people who chose to flee.
Other presidents have wielded the provision in this capacity, but generally with the intent to designate marine sanctuaries or protect wildlife.
Any time some segments of a culture are silenced by others, power is being wielded at the expense of somebody else.
The teachers were mostly men who wielded disproportionate influence with their power to dole out studio spaces, video equipment and paints.
Following the land purchase, Green continued to lobby on issues over which Biden wielded influence and to meet with Biden's staff.
An Appraisal Judith Jones, who died Wednesday at her house in rural Vermont, wielded her green editing pencil like a knife.
In the West, the image of Asian people with masks is sometimes wielded, deliberately or not, as a signifier of otherness.
Details: The Hindu rioters wielded rocks and iron bars and set fire to mosques and stores on the city's eastern fringe.
She wielded a deft political stiletto, taunting her opponent, Emmanuel Macron, as a weak, long-winded and out-of-touch elitist.
But by 2013, Brazil's agricultural industry was the driving force behind the country's economy and wielded significant influence with the government.
Meaning, military force should be wielded decisively and overwhelmingly to achieve a stated objective and then stop once it is achieved.
And far worse, it was impacted because when I came out, my sexual assault was wielded like a weapon against me.
"Uninformed speculation wielded by politicians or media commentators as a partisan weapon is counterproductive and doesn't serve the country," Grassley said.
"Vietnam and the United States once wielded guns and bayonets against each other, but they are now friends," the spokesman said.
Still, there is an immense difference between an everyday cybercriminal and the power wielded by a government like the United States.
And he sometimes wielded the "forward" button on his email as a weapon, making sure certain messages from management were widely read.
But viewed in comparison to the powers wielded by other heads of government, the American presidency is actually an extraordinarily weak office.
So far, the nicknaming that Trump wielded like a political sledgehammer in the 2016 election has had limited success in congressional races.
But privately, U.S. leaders preferred a world in which military power was wielded mainly by a single country rather than by many.
Whether in Europe, Britain, or the Middle East, the process of decapitating or dismembering human bodies wielded a fortuity of iconic power.
The practice harks back to Stalin, who wielded his power almost exclusively through the NKVD, the KGB's predecessor, regularly purging the party.
Loud, blunt, outspoken, and portrayed as a presidential puppeteering grim reaper on SNL, Bannon wielded enormous influence on President Trump's young presidency.
When a political opponent won at the municipal level, the Chávez regime responded by gutting the powers wielded by the new mayor.
The Iranians in Iraq offered intelligence, diplomatic support and cash and wielded "big sticks" against anyone stepping out of line, he said.
So, a prominent female figure who wielded as much (albeit magical) power as St. Brigid did would have been a big deal.
Trump himself -- who has wielded a management style based on staff divisions and chaos -- downplayed talk of a staff shakeup on Thursday.
Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 1932 but the royal family has wielded great influence and commanded the devotion of millions.
Wielded especially by governments and other powers in defense of violence and crime, they need to be challenged by equally sophisticated means.
You knew she was there, you knew there was some considerable influence she wielded, but, boy, she was not public about it.
The best known member of Tratayenia's group is Megaraptor, which lived slightly earlier in Patagonia and wielded 16-inch (40-cm) claws.
Earlier in July, he wielded an umbrella and a frozen treat to keep the heat at bay, for him and a child.
The first pattern to emerge is the way Pakistan's penal system is wielded against British-raised expatriates who return to their homeland.
The move is, of course, enshrined in law, even though Obama and his predecessors have wielded their waiver authorities to block it.
But he also shattered some of the lances he wielded while championing sometimes quixotic causes during nearly 50 years as a candidate.
The lawsuit—and Mississippi's response to it—shows how these Roberts Court rulings are already being wielded in defense of antidemocratic systems.
As the head of the Executive Branch, the President is ultimately responsible for all powers wielded by that Branch, including prosecutorial powers.
Thousands have been injured, many by pellet guns wielded by the police and security forces as a crude form of crowd control.
Both sides, for example, have wielded the "I'm not a scientist" excuse to avoid taking stands on the controversial practice of fracking.
Traditionally, the Austrian president is mostly a ceremonial figure, with real power wielded by the chancellor (Austria's equivalent of a prime minister).
She wielded both a pistol and a pen to fight fascism when it still had no name, helping organize a women's militia.
Bodies tumble upon one another, weapons are more likely to be locked together by sheer force of pressure than ever elegantly wielded.
Mr. Trump has already wielded the power the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States grants him to block foreign transactions.
Retailers wielded their influence successfully in 2017 when Republicans were considering a tax plan that they believed would have harmed their businesses.
In Pennsylvania, the Republicans who control the State Legislature wielded the mapmaking mouse, but in other states it has been the Democrats.
It was in his old age, during the 1760s and 1770s, that he wielded his second and most powerful weapon, moral passion.
Ms. Mack admitted on Monday that she wielded the information to blackmail the women into performing services for her and the group.
The vast social and political influence wielded by these megacompanies has prompted some lawmakers to demand more regulation to rein them in.
News was disinformation that could encourage fear, start wars and convince people of anything, but the Knife wielded its powerful tool nobly.
A sonic device used for spying — and wielded by Cuba, China, or even another country like Russia — could unintentionally cause brain damage.
In response to the violence, police donned riot gear and wielded batons before resorting to tear gas to break up the crowd.
It did not help that Mr. Berti wielded his clarion tenor as a blunt instrument at times, especially in the early going.
Prosecutors and analysts have since voiced concern that the deviation could be wielded to the Justice Department's detriment by savvy defense attorneys.
The message was clear: Samsung was essentially untouchable, and the family that ran the company wielded the true power in South Korea.
With its striking style, Interview had long wielded outsize influence in the industry, inspiring the look and feel of many other publications.
Another notable departure signals the near-end of an era when fashion magazines and their editors wielded dominant power over the industry.
After all, the antitrust watchdogs in Washington, where Google wielded considerable influence during the Obama administration, have not brought cases against Google.
It's technocratic, seeing the use of force not as an inherent harm but a fine policy instrument wielded badly by imperfect actors.
He wanted single-payer and wielded a lot of power because he could take the whole bill down with a no vote.
He wielded the power of his pen to lobby for causes and candidates he pronounced deserving and to topple those he vilified.
It was in front of him, when he looked out upon the room, and in back, as Ms. Pelosi wielded her gavel.
Wielded by May's Brexiteer critics, EU negotiator Michel Barnier gives it a Gallic shrug: Britain "must ACCEPT THE RULES OF THE GAME".
Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 213, but the royal family has wielded great influence and commands the devotion of millions.
"As Appropriations Chairman, he wielded great influence with abundant grace," said a statement from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.
Where once English players wielded the willow almost as conservatively in ODIs as in Tests, now they regularly swing for the boundary rope.
Schmidt himself previously wielded significant clout in former-president Obama's government, and was no doubt expecting to enjoy similar influence under Hillary Clinton.
Zuma had earlier dropped a court bid to delay the release of a report into the political influence wielded by his close allies.
It has clarified for consumers the fine print aggressively wielded by nonbank debt collectors, mortgage and student debt servicers, and for-profit colleges.
Even if she loses the presidency, the FN has wielded influence over this campaign in a way that far outweighs its electoral representation.
In my demo, I wielded a lightning whip that allowed the character to lash out at enemies and dash along trails of rings.
Mr. Trump has made clear that he sees the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies.
During an evening spent answering questions submitted by an overwhelmingly supportive audience, progressive worries rose like balloons—and Mr Bredesen wielded the pins.
Because as Thompson points out, there's a major difference between that kind of escapist response and the way Americana is being wielded today.
He never forgot that his was borrowed power, which he wielded in defense of the vulnerable and on behalf of the American people.
Of the many countries that have meddled in Congo since the end of the cold war, Angola has arguably wielded the strongest influence.
He wielded his ability to manipulate paint into dramatic fissured surfaces that dominate the viewer and gain power from a formal museum setting.
The four men involved, including Stant, who wielded the baton, all ultimately served prison time; Harding received a fine, probation and community service.
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has long wielded influence disproportionate to the number of Tigrayans, who are about 6% of the population.
The crew used multiple GoPro cameras attached to specialist underwater rigs that were wielded by divers to film among the coral and fish.
He's also wielded a big stick, notably the threat of hefty import taxes and the elimination of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
All of the Katdashians wielded Kylie Jenner's favorite Lumee phone case (it's framed with lights, to guarantee the perfect selfie) while they danced.
The next day around 10,000 protestors gathered outside parliament; many chanted that Iceland was turning into a banana republic and wielded that fruit.
Or maybe a man will be shot in the chest by a flaming arrow from a crossbow wielded by his one true love.
The law may be entering a new and dangerous phase in which technology becomes a weapon to be wielded among elite law firms.
Patriotism is a valuable tool in that struggle, especially when it's wielded by people who have been willing to makes sacrifices for it.
Hong Kong police used tear gas for the first time in 10 days, while protestors wielded makeshift weapons, reported Business Insider's Ellen Cranley.
Thanks to the postwar boom, public jobs came to look less attractive than private ones, weakening the power wielded by local party bosses.
But both Republican and Democratic administrations have wielded the State Department's terrorism sanctions primarily against countries where the United States has limited interests.
Antitrust regulators are already probing Google's business to determine if it has wielded a dominant market position to stifle competition or hurt consumers.
Not just because he is the most powerful man on the planet, but because the way he wielded that power has been polarizing.
In one excerpt, he even objects to the boom microphone wielded by de Kermadec's sound recordist, which he treats as an offensive weapon.
The Trump tax law gave governors the authority to distribute valuable tax breaks, and they have wielded it to benefit the politically connected.
It's the effect of the portable camera, inevitably wielded by someone with a personal relationship to whoever is put in front of it.
They wielded it like a tiki torch against Jesse Jackson's populist insurgency in 19803, and invoked it to torpedo Howard Dean in 21980.
But ignoring history's shameful villainesses like Sammie Dean blots out the ways that women have wielded their limited social power to oppress others.
Inside the fishery, a half dozen cutters in white rubber boots and thick gloves wielded long fillet knives, quickly dissevering tubs of yellowtail.
Roosevelt wielded immense control over the military minds waging the US war effort -- and the massive worldwide deployment of American armed forces overseas.
Even as Ecuador harbored Mr. Assange from international prosecution, he and WikiLeaks wielded the threat of releasing damaging information against the Ecuadorean government.
The documents show how Facebook executives treated data as the company's most valuable resource and often wielded it to gain a strategic advantage.
Like many military rulers, Mr. al-Bashir liked to claim that power had been foisted upon him, and that he wielded it reluctantly.
At the same time that Bevan offered the carrot of economic concessions, he also wielded the stick of public opinion against the doctors.
Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, wielded an AR-2011 rifle in his office and dared former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep.
For years, President Trump has pressured or wielded threats against Mexico, hoping to force a policy change, excite his political base, or both.
In "Look Back," one of the strongest drawings here, a pencil wielded different ways vividly depicts a bed and two figures leaving separately.
Instead it has become a tool wielded by serial litigants to stop a plethora of projects from critical infrastructure, to renewable energy projects.
Most startling is an unprecedented Expressionism that reveled in paint's sheer materiality, achieved with wide, loaded brushes or a vigorously wielded palette knife.
Witnesses at the scene said the assailant wielded a huge knife -- one person said it was like "a broomstick" -- and stabbed people indiscriminately.
Corporate governance is playing a growing role in corporate America, but the power wielded by these institutions is rarely used to confront companies.
Soon, the action shifted to North Point, where a band of Fujianese men, possibly intoxicated, wielded butcher knives when they saw protesters approach.
"General Prayut has wielded unchecked power with total impunity," Sunai Phasuk, senior Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch said in a June statement.
Samuel Hemmitt, 21, allegedly wielded the 18-inch weapon after a customer had difficulty hearing him while ordering at the drive-through's speaker.
Allegations that the Guptas wielded undue influence over Zuma were investigated last year by the Public Protector, a constitutionally mandated anti-corruption watchdog.
Before Hobby Lobby the general rule in religious liberty cases was that religion could not be wielded to diminish the rights of others.
Cramer, who is often in lockstep with the president, concedes that Trump is approaching "treacherous territory" with the way he's wielded trade policy.
Diverse backgrounds are integral to this exhibition as, in each of the four micro-exhibitions, they are wielded to address pressing social issues.
She met her husband on a trip to Louisiana, where they both wielded hammers and nails as part of the Hurricane Katrina rebuilding.
The players' union has argued that teams have wielded analytics to justify paying free agents less money, ignoring qualities like leadership and experience.
Using an implement he wielded with his stumps, Buchinger excelled in calligraphy, ornamentation, and micrography, the practice of making patterns with tiny letters.
The Southern Dixiecrats had the power to slow-walk civil rights legislation, and they wielded that power cunningly, ferociously, and with a smile.
Testifying for the first time since he was arrested in February, Lee said he has not wielded extensive power in running the sprawling conglomerate.
The 37-year-old mayor has wielded these military credentials on the campaign trail, contrasting himself with Trump, who never served in the military.
Trueface claims it can identify enterprises' employees for access to a building, detect a weapon as it's being wielded or stop fraudulent spoofing attempts.
That means our Theory of Mind abilities get turned onto ourselves just as often (or far more often) than it is wielded on others.
Instead, McIlroy wielded his driver and the subsequent snap-hook out-of-bounds led to a triple bogey, and sent him plummeting from contention.
Price and an accomplice wielded a sword and a knife in 1991 and stabbed Lynn to death, according to the state attorney general's office.
Gore, judicial conservatives have been undermining electoral democracy to entrench their power on the bench and then wielded that power to undermine democratic governance.
Representation can be wielded incorrectly as a blunt object by producers and editors, who undermine contestants with final cuts that play to negative stereotypes.
But the debonair agents in the title roles wielded their memory-wiping gadget to dispatch all traces of the damning episode into the ether.
She wielded considerable bargaining power with Klansmen, a power enlarged when she established the "poison squad," a statewide women's network (of which more below).
"So that's what killed the dinosaurs," said Alec Madoff, a senior preparator at the museum who had wielded the saw that felled the dinosaur.
Without mentioning a radical expansion of the freedom of conscience whereby religious beliefs could be wielded against sexual minorities, the White House lowered expectations.
The tool is naturally dependent on the quality of the script and its execution; audiences will groan if it is not being wielded subtly.
The habitual opacity that accompanies bans is a vestige of an earlier, forum-driven internet when mods were demigods and admins wielded absolute power.
Under the old contract system, studios wielded enormous power over actors, forcing them to take roles and suspending them without pay if they refused.
Rama's ranged weaponry is a good match for Fortune's dual-wielded pistols or Hardtack's harpoon, and Hollywood's assault rifle fits somewhere in the middle.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles jails are run by the county sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wielded the power in the underworld behind bars.
Authorities there have responded by deploying law enforcement officers in riot gear who have wielded pepper spray, and fired bean bags and Taser guns.
DONALD TRUMP, impatient with mounting resistance to his hard-line stance on immigration, is deploying a weapon more frequently wielded by his opponents: litigation.
They wielded blades called hreshtek, sharp enough to slice a man off his shadow, and kept scorpions in brass cages hooked to their belts.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County jails are run by the sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wielded the power in the underworld behind bars.
Both misread just how profound had been the original Crisis and just how double-edged was the sword that Beijing wielded to tackle it.
You do not have to take Mr Scalia's "originalist" view of the constitution to be troubled by the power wielded by the modern court.
Black Bolt is surrounded by a royal family that includes his queen Medusa (Serinda Swan), whose long hair can be wielded as a weapon.
For Bannon, and for the rest of us, the ideological baggage is now loaded in the imperfect vessel; the blunt instrument is being wielded.
Multiple women say that Witty wielded this exact power over them when they rebuffed his advances, alleging that he threatened them with professional retaliation.
The information that was gathered by the company was found to have been wielded by the Trump campaign in an attempt to influence voters.
Both the United Kingdom and Australia have recently passed laws moving in that direction, though it is unclear how widely they are being wielded.
In places with fewer civil rights protections, it's even easier to see how such a tool could be wielded as an instrument of oppression.
China seeks the kind of influence the U.S. has wielded since World War II, and the U.S. is not willing to surrender its status.
Black-clad activists at campuses wielded bows and arrows, set up elaborate roadblocks, built brick walls and practiced shooting firebombs from a giant slingshot.
While many were surprised by Facebook's role in the 2008 election, eight years later, even more were shocked at the sheer power it wielded.
He ended the monopoly wielded by aristocratic and expensive eating clubs, the dining and social halls where upperclassmen have their meals, by approving alternatives.
Never before in Saudi history has so much power been wielded by the deputy crown prince, who is second in line to the throne.
And there was Sara Winnemucca, the author of Life Among the Piutes, who wielded the idea of home as a weapon against white Americans.
He allegedly wielded control over her music, forbid her from working with other producers, and never released the songs that they worked on together.
Sales agents wielded threats and false promises and impersonated government officials, earning the company at least $89 million in its final year of operation.
In France two people were killed the day after the Florida attacks by a man who claimed inspiration from IS. He wielded a knife.
But once upon a time, another woman in the White House wielded nearly as much power as any man aside from the chief executive.
Inside 29 Rockefeller Plaza, Mr. Lauer was a one-man fief who wielded more behind-the-scenes influence than any other on-air personality.
It is that the awesome powers wielded by the attorney general and those who work for him should never be deployed for political purposes.
Loud, blunt, outspoken, and portrayed as a presidential puppeteering grim reaper on "SNL", Bannon wielded enormous influence at the outset of the Trump presidency.
The state figures in laugh lines and attack lines wielded by candidates for the House and Senate, for governor and for state legislative seats.
Shorn of its context, the phrase "some people did something" has been wielded by Omar's opponents, including Trump, to suggest she diminishes the attack.
Now cultural appropriation is wielded as a pejorative against writers and artists who draw material from the trauma of those less privileged than themselves.
Religion is largely absent, replaced by the "magic" wielded by Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell), leading citizen of the exceedingly pleasant, pastoral town of Middleton.
It's a visual representation of the subtle skill wielded by Waititi in a film that wears its not-so-subtle humour on its sleeve.
If you judge their careers by the power they wielded, the conventions they flouted, and the autonomy they achieved, they count as pioneering feminists.
The two companies said in March they would put themselves on more equal footing, breaking up the all-powerful chairmanship previously wielded by Ghosn.
In South Carolina, Mr. Biden wielded two powerful assets: longstanding relationships and a direct connection to Mr. Obama, who is beloved by black voters.
Investigators had long believed that he wielded the knife that killed Ms. Majors as she walked in Morningside Park after dark on Dec. 11.
The sanctions are the main tool being wielded by the Trump administration in its push for new limits to Tehran's nuclear and military programs.
According to the state, Price and an accomplice wielded a sword and a knife in 1991 and stabbed Bill Lynn, a minister, to death.
They wielded a certain amount of power in the world—and Trump had won even though they, and many other powerful people, opposed him.
After his Brexit debacle, Mr. Cameron left power much as he had wielded it, humming absent-mindedly as he bade farewell from Downing Street.
The Magnitsky Act should not be allowed to become a cudgel wielded by non-citizens as they seek to beat our allies into submission.
But as Republicans push for its dismantlement, deep disagreements within the A.M.A., which has long wielded tremendous power in Washington, could lessen its influence.
During the 1990s, as digital technology infiltrated the recording process, some mastering engineers wielded compression like a cudgel, competing to produce the loudest recordings.
She wielded them like a weapon, and she was so good that it took much longer than it should have to bring her down.
Police: Gunman had two weapons Cannon said the main suspect in the shooting wielded at least two weapons: a pistol and an AR-15 rifle.
The ongoing Y.A. wars are about power—about who has traditionally wielded power in publishing, and how that balance is shifting, for better or worse.
Though the university owns stonking amounts of land, co-ordinating development is hard because of the power wielded by the colleges in its loose federation.
But the amount of influence wielded on social by political figures in general and the U.S. president specifically is a tangible, measurable thing in 2019.
It's important to be reminded of the human cost of this war as bombs and chemical attacks are wielded among civilians and rebel fighters indiscriminately.
This power, wielded at campaign performances and in alarming tweets, turned many Republicans into devotees who stood in Trump's shadow hoping to avoid his wrath.
Robert Caro's recent article on secrets he uncovered while digging through Lyndon Johnson's archives provides fascinating glimpses into how political power is wielded in Washington.
One of the biggest of those is whether power is ultimately a corrupting force, or if it can be wielded for good, and by whom.
In this way, "family" covers for the degradation of children and of elders, wielded as a sort of pass to behave horribly toward one another.
A resistance movement that started as an apparent majority dwindled more and more because of how the people in power wielded fear as a weapon.
Instead, she makes grave proclamations based purely on anecdotes, correlations — such as smartphone ownership rising alongside higher rates of teen depression — and selectively wielded data.
Bloodlust hasn't sung so sweetly, or provided so much theatrical fun, since Sweeney Todd first wielded his razor with gusto many a long year ago.
Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News who for more than two decades wielded immense influence over U.S. politics, has died at age 77.
The DNC intrusion is evidence that data breaches are becoming a tool of global and geopolitical influence, wielded by motivated state actors, security experts said.
After Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince booted neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer from his platform last week, he started to question the power he wielded.
Rose and Lauer, like so many other male TV personalities who have come under fire in recent weeks, have wielded their power publicly for decades.
Cheney was a forceful advocate of the decision to invade Iraq and some aides to Bush have said they believed he wielded too much power.
" He went on to explain that, though he'd asked for consent, he had power over the women involved, and he had wielded that power "irresponsibly.
As protests over economic instability and government censorship persist in Iran, the Hassan Rouhani government has reportedly wielded its favorite suppression tactic: blocking the internet.
Classical media is used to illustrate modern themes, while technology is wielded as a tool in order to offer new vantage points on ancient systems.
Rubio's sponsorship of a Senate bill that created a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants has been the main weapon Cruz has wielded against him.
Please forgive me for the years of ruthlessly mocking the unstylish card-holding lanyards and velcro multi-pocket wallets you wielded on every family trip.
Prosecutors alleged he would have informants and other enemies tortured and killed, and that he often wielded a diamond-encrusted or gold-plated AK-47.
Chyna also denies pulling a knife during the incident, and as we've told you ... there's no video evidence so far showing she wielded a weapon.
The laser itself is tiny, but Curiosity's handlers have wielded it unsparingly: zapping some 1,400 targets in 10,000 places with more than 350,000 individual shots.
They have rules and structures and norms precisely because power is so dangerous when it is wielded by a lone strongman or by a mob.
"We've really seen nothing but executive inaction," Gardner said, referencing the fact that the Obama administration has not yet wielded its new cyber sanctions authority.
And if Washington really wants to safeguard Internet users from the power wielded by Internet platforms, it needs to do more than talk to Facebook.
But it does appear the president has a power no previous holder of the executive office wielded: the ability to move markets with a tweet.
The more cynical worried it might be shrewdly wielded like a partisan cudgel to go after Clinton and severely damage the reputation of the FBI.
For years, the NFL could do no wrong and they bragged about the power they wielded in halls of Congress and with the White House.
Unions have struggled to regain the political clout they once wielded as declining membership and state laws rolling back organizing rights have swept the nation.
She discouraged speculation that she wielded political influence with the president like her predecessors - Ronald Reagan's wife, Nancy Reagan, and Jimmy Carter's wife, Rosalynn Carter.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Splinters were flying onto the floor recently as the artist Arlene Shechet wielded a tool with a whirring blade called an angle grinder.
"I know most of you are here because of Preet Bharara," Ms. James, who wielded punch lines throughout the debate, said in her opening statement.
When menstruation is treated as normal, it becomes more than a nuisance, a punch line or a weapon wielded to keep women in their place.
But testimony from two former followers has already offered insight into how Mr. Raniere was said to have wielded influence and controlled his many followers.
Others wielded silver samovars and poured steaming cups of kahwah, a light Kashmiri tea, made from saffron and other spices, that carries a delightful aroma.
" Ms. Wolfe was in the market for scissors to be wielded by the women of the chorus in her new oratorio, "Fire in my mouth.
But Facebook also assumed extraordinary power over the personal information of its 2.2 billion users — control it has wielded with little transparency or outside oversight.
The 78-year-old politician, who for decades wielded enormous influence in Brazil's notoriously transactional political system, has long been dogged by accusations of corruption.
Mr. Maduro's security forces, along with government-aligned gangs, attacked protesters who wielded rocks and Molotov cocktails, and one of the trucks burst into flames.
Mr. LePage has wielded his veto pen as a blunt instrument, vetoing more bills than all other Maine governors combined in the last 243 years.
The bottom line: Doubt in the caucus process wielded by an angry runner-up could be as dangerous to public confidence as actual vote-tampering.
Some of Rajapaksa's supporters allegedly threw garbage bins at the opposition, and on the other side, a United National Party MP reportedly wielded a knife.
He used the time — and the influence he has long wielded — The Los Angeles Times said, to advocate for Michel Moore as Chief Beck's replacement.
The teen, who investigators believe wielded a knife in the deadly assault, was arrested without incident at a Harlem housing project Friday night, police said.
J. B. Holmes hit only five fairways, but he wielded his putter like a Wite-Out brush to erase his miscues from tee to green.
My misplaced trust in my physician and my misplaced trust in the adults around me were wielded like a weapon, and it cost me dearly.
All these little actions we think of as our "private" business are actually data points that can be aggregated and wielded to manipulate our world.
They represent both centrist Republican foreign policy circles and neoconservatives who favor a robust U.S. international role and wielded clout during Bush's 2001-2009 presidency.
He had a subscription to a white supremacist newspaper, which explained how the Rothchilds, the Trilateral Commission and Jewish banks wielded power over the globe.
Sikka's resignation is the second major instance in the past year where Indian promoters have wielded control over the company after handing over the reigns.
"The Final Rule is the very embodiment of a violation of the separation of powers -- Congressional authority being wielded by an administrative agency," Olson said.
His family ties and connections to lawmakers gave the younger Salazar a valuable address book he wielded at a consulting firm he operated in Caracas.
To them, what we saw as flaws that could be fixed at no cost to our goals were weapons to be wielded against those goals.
This shouldn't be surprising by how much influence the financial industry has wielded in Washington, but Senator Harris has introduced a bill to fix this.
Having begun his career as an art writer, he wielded considerable influence and used his position to advocate for the young artists of his day.
When I converted to Catholicism in my 20s, I seized my faith like a sword to be wielded against the world and the church's enemies.
What saved Mr. Stanekzai, according to his friends, was his continued connections with the Pakistani military intelligence agency, which wielded leverage over the Taliban leadership.
The terrorists were wearing belts with "simulated explosives," law enforcement said, and also wielded an ax and knives in the car they were found in.
Two (but very related to the above), it's structurally built to evade a common defensive mechanism wielded by the HIV virus called a steric clash.
A whole lot of grift During his tenure as EPA chief, Pruitt wielded his influence to try to solicit favors for his family and friends.
For 30 years, Prime Minister Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge fighter, has wielded power through a combination of threats, clever deal-making and sheer willpower.
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)Gun advocates often argue that guns are only dangerous to the public when wielded by amateurs, criminals, and the mentally ill.
Focusing on oil as the most powerful and influential resource overlooks the importance of the country's food supply and the power wielded by whoever controls it.
"We invented the lightsaber in Uxbridge, it is wielded in Northern Ireland, the resulting film is shown around the world ... or something like that," Johnson added.
It's a painful win given what she does this episode, but no one can deny the amount of power Daenerys wielded while soaring above the city.
Spacey's politics are not conservative, but his strategic deployment of the rainbow shield aligns him with others who have wielded their gay identity in damaging ways.
Gulf states that could once have been relied on for help are alarmed by the influence wielded in Beirut by the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah.
The DNC hack is evidence that the data breach is becoming a tool of global and geopolitical influence, wielded by motivated state actors, security experts said.
Once wielded by the malevolent space tyrant Thanos, this "toy" is very intricately designed and is inspired by the monumental final film in the Avengers franchise.
The aged knight is still feeling guilt from training his nephew, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), as he witnesses the raw power wielded by this mysterious woman.
Now, researchers from two independent groups have confirmed that Putin's minions wielded a complex misinformation apparatus to unleash a "firehose of falsehood" on the American public.
Why it matters: Under President Xi Jinping, Beijing has more openly wielded power abroad, trying to influence other countries' political debates, media coverage and education systems.
After all, the Razer Mamba, now a wireless Chroma accessory, can be wielded like the wired original, the DeathAdder, with the added benefit of being wireless.
" But he writes that he realizes that the power he held over women is put them in a "predicament" and that he "wielded that power irresponsibly.
But in this collection, with Simons' context, it became a political declaration: décolletage and pantsuits were wielded as equal opportunities, no matter the wearers' gender expression.
The GOP's move to dismiss relevant witness testimony will be cited for years to come and be wielded by Democrats in upcoming Senate races, warned Sen.
Using a rolling pin, or a carefully wielded bottle of wine, roll it out into an inch-thick or so, then fold into thirds and repeat.
The newspaper said five people were in the van that drove into pedestrians, wielded knives, and then targeted people in pubs and restaurants in Borough Market.
She's a woman who spoke four languages, had a nose for politics that very few people have, and wielded a very particular power in horrendous circumstances.
His secret police, the Securitate, conducted mass surveillance, wielded absolute control of the media and the press, and committed human rights violations against its own people.
In the first, Ms. Rodríguez, who choreographed most of the program, wielded castanets like weapons, backed by her dancers, who were equally adroit with those instruments.
McCoy's blackened jangle opened up to melodically rich tremolo, and the influences they wielded finally gelled into something breathtaking, greater than the sum of its parts.
Reducing the cast to three actors, Teste wielded an arsenal of techniques — video, improvisation, fourth-wall shattering asides — that closed the distance between audience and performers.
Although France's has one of the lowest rates of unionization among developed countries, unions have wielded considerable clout hammering out collective agreements that cover most employees.
But we shouldn't miss the bigger picture, that the administration's reliance on deception, evasion, and disinformation perfectly mirrors the arsenal wielded against us by our foes.
Fans cheered in theaters when Captain America wielded Thor's hammer in "Avengers: Endgame," and now the fan-favorite moment from the movie is available to own.
Throughout his seven years in office, Mr. Zuma has been embroiled in a series of scandals and has wielded patronage to secure his grip on power.
Approximately 80% of the English force was lightly armored and wielded longbows, a larger version of a typical bow that had vastly superior range and firepower.
The largest conflict of season 13 centers on doctors picking sides against other doctors, families splitting down the middle, and operating rooms wielded like machine guns.
Joffrey saw them and pulled his first dreadful power play of the series, demanding that Mycah try practicing against him — while Joffrey wielded a real sword.
A dizzying tableau of weapons wielded, belles protected, and black bodies assailed, the piece has the odd effect of skewering and serving its stereotypes at once.
"We invented the lightsabre in Uxbridge, it is wielded in Northern Ireland, the resulting film is shown around the world ... or something like that," Johnson added.
Though no one talks about Glenn Beck much anymore, for years the talk show host and demagogue wielded a remarkable amount of power on the right.
Second, a small number of mining conglomerates, or pools—many of them Chinese—have wielded outsized influence over the network and the decisions that get made.
The purpose of the experiment, conducted by a recently tenured young Stanford psychology professor, Philip Zimbardo, was to examine how authority was wielded within prison walls.
Instead, it's all about who or what had the biggest impact and wielded the most influence on world events and news cycles in that particular year.
Teen girl sexuality is often packaged as a dangerous, irresistible elixir wielded by wiser-than-they-seem temptresses in bikinis, lustily grooming themselves poolside. Coquettish. Precocious.
WASHINGTON — President Trump has long wielded the word "Nafta" like an epithet, deriding the North American Free Trade Agreement as the worst trade deal in history.
In Ganzour, a small town six miles south of Tanta, a Sisi campaigner named Ibrahim Soliman wielded a megaphone at the gates of a polling station.
Using horse racing as a metaphor, he once described the king as the "owner" of Thai political power, which is wielded by others on his behalf.
But the power that Washington wielded over the fates of Chinese tech companies had been made very clear to people on both sides of the Pacific.
But lawmakers and other advocates believe the proposals might find favor with voters concerned about the power wielded by Silicon Valley and large corporations in general.
But lawmakers and other advocates believe the proposals might find favor with voters concerned about the power wielded by Silicon Valley and large corporations in general.
Cubans in Florida, after fleeing from Communism as the Vietnamese did, have wielded outsize national political significance in part by voting as a solid conservative bloc.
The more she spoke up, she said, the more he wielded his power, like putting in her understudy and threatening to replace her with another actor.
The letter comes after Trump wielded his presidential pardon power to grant a wave of seven pardons and four commutations in several highly politically sensitive cases.
Police believe that the boy was one of three young men aged 13 to 14 involved in the attack and that he wielded the murder weapon.
Black Leaders Organizing for Communities in Milwaukee, for example, trains community ambassadors to turn their neighborhoods' resources into collective power that can be wielded to win.
That has included steep tariffs on imported goods, which President Trump has wielded as a cudgel to force companies to relocate manufacturing to the United States.
Investigators had long believed that the teenager wielded the knife that killed Ms. Majors after she bit his hand during a violent struggle with three assailants.
Latinos should support the impeachment inquiry because the president who has wielded the law like a cudgel against our communities should not be above it himself.
Now China's policy shifts and business decisions can have the same kind of global impact once wielded by power brokers in Washington, New York and Detroit.
But there's still unease in right-wing circles about the power wielded by the tech industry, which tends to be more liberal than other big businesses.
During the second night of July's debates, she wielded her credentials as an Iraq War veteran to speak about foreign policy decisions with a personal tone.
And this grandstanding (and leaping, sliding and hopping) actor and monologuist has equipped himself with the requisite accessories, including a blackboard and an industriously wielded eraser.
David Rockefeller, who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade, wielded vast influence around the world as he spread the gospel of American capitalism.
The prince's supporters hailed the kingdom's shake-up of a system in which clerics wielded considerable influence, and where the economy was riddled with bureaucratic bottlenecks.
The report described a hostile workplace where two managers, Brianne Pawson and Wallace Vereen, bullied and threatened employees, and openly boasted about the power they wielded.
In advocating for veterans — among the country's most revered and coveted voters — the groups have wielded unquestioned power on Capitol Hill and inside the White House.
Jessica Farrar, who joins a dozen fellow female lawmakers who have wielded satire to illuminate just how hypocritical, unjust, and ridiculous politically motivated abortion restrictions are.
He wielded a golden golf club with one hand, using it to hit a classical bust that posed like a golf ball on Easter basket grass.
A local orange farmer and former nightclub owner, Paul Powton, had managed the logistics of Kennedy's operation, and Cervantes—Belize's first native-born neurosurgeon—wielded the scalpel.
Arya wielded the knife, but it was Sansa who passed the judgment, and who listed Littlefinger's crimes much as she once listed the crimes committed against her.
This week, Kayla Norton, who loaded a shotgun during the altercation, and Jose Torres, who wielded it, were sentenced to six and 13 years in prison, respectively.
There is scope for artful use of targeted measures within the rules of NAFTA and the World Trade Organisation, an approach that Mexico has wielded adroitly before.
And though he created a parents committee to steward the young talent, Rylett also wielded authority over a number of the adults, according to one SevenAwesomeKids vlogger.
However, he has also wielded his power to crack down on corruption, while also targeting human rights defenders and allegedly reining in dissent even beyond China's borders.
Gradually, as blogs grew in popularity, regular people seized the opportunity to steal the power of criticism once wielded exclusively by longstanding publications into their own hands.
Privacy advocates fear that, if the new technology is not wielded carefully, workers could be at risk of losing any sense of privacy while on the job.
As the man got back on his feet, he wielded an 8-inch knife, approaching the officer and two other officers coming to his assistance, O'Neill said.
BHP, the world's largest miner, whose name dates back to when it was called the Broken Hill Proprietary, is also under the pickaxe, wielded by feisty activists.
At one point, it picked up a large boulder and wielded it like a weapon, bashing my hunter and throwing it at her to drive her away.
But more than any sonic footprint left to follow, perhaps Untrue's most curious and lasting legacy is the gambit of anonymity wielded by myriad of artists since.
Sabersmith: Solo's Hold Starts at: $399.95 (unfinished hilt only) In Return of the Jedi, Mark Hamill actually wielded two lightsaber props with differing designs and color schemes.
Until recently, patent trolls have predominantly wielded utility patents, making infringement demands tied, albeit loosely, to the value of the technology or functional contribution to the product.
Xi Dada has also wielded his power to crack down on corruption, while also targeting human rights defenders and allegedly reining in dissent even beyond China's borders.
The superpower also wielded its clout in 2008 to coax the NSG, and particularly a recalcitrant China, to grant limited exemptions for nuclear-technology trade with India.
Over the years, China has successfully wielded its growing economic might to recover a number of artifacts said to have been looted from the Old Summer Palace.
Experts disagree about whether this or that charge is impeachable, but they do agree on one thing: the sword of impeachment must be wielded with great caution.
Her voice is strong with a wailing upper register that she wielded with an awareness of how far to go before reaching a point of diminishing returns.
Older women who wielded the knives talked about the money they would make during the cutting season, which arrived every two years, in years divisible by two.
Like Excalibur resting at the bottom of a lake, the Guarantee Clause waits to be pulled from the constitutional netherworld and wielded on behalf of the people.
And in contrast to Cuban-Americans, who have long wielded power in Florida, newly arrived Puerto Rican voters often need to be reminded they can even vote.
In a world later made hypermasculine by hip-hop, it's hard to fully appreciate the social power wielded by rock-star-thin pretty things in the '70s.
And that currency could be wielded only in the limited circle in which one presided — a place of work, a community, and perhaps an extended social circle.
ALEXANDRA, South Africa — During apartheid, the government wielded the police like a club, using them to keep black South Africans in check and brutally extinguish any dissent.
Usually wielded by an older individual, a reference to a participation trophy is meant as a slam on the perceived inherent entitlement of millennials and the left.
Your primary weapon for the vast majority of the game is the versatile Leviathan Axe, which can be wielded and thrown both in and outside of combat.
"All problems will be addressed normally based on a democratic system with no use of special powers," he said, referring to sweeping powers the military government wielded.
Vast amounts of capital is wielded by price-insensitive institutions, from insurers to pension plans to banks, which are now required to hold more high-quality securities.
Love is great, obviously, and makes us feel a combination of effervescent and unhinged but is wielded like a battering ram at this time of the year.
"The lawmakers' reluctance seems to stem from concern about angering ultra-Orthodox and other religious constituents who have often wielded political influence," wrote my colleague Jesse McKinley.
The word "Trident," derived from a gum wrapper, has been stitched across the surface twice, evoking the weapon wielded by the gods Poseidon (Greek) and Neptune (Roman).
President Trump, the leader of the country that built the world trading system, continues to disrupt international commerce as a weapon wielded in pursuit of national aims.
"Juvenile Jazz Bands" (1979) documented the ragtag bunch of children rejected from other marching bands who practiced in deteriorating lots yet wielded batons like exuberant young wizards.
He wielded them to seek undeserved accolades and harm his political rivals, like San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, whom Trump targeted in a tweet Wednesday morning.
That these provisions are now being wielded against localists is a measure of how vexing recent calls for greater autonomy for Hong Kong have become for China.
When that power is wielded for good, it does the heavy lifting on challenging stigmas and bias and ultimately shifting public perception toward acceptance, compassion, and understanding.
"Instead of a once-in-a-century phenomenon, which it had been, presidential impeachment has become a weapon to be wielded against one's political opponent," Starr said.
In both cases he wielded power largely unilaterally, unrestrained by experienced foreign policy officials who were purged from his circle for trying to control his wilder impulses.
In a busy and testing year for the influence world, these are the people who wielded their clout and knowledge most effectively on behalf of their clients.
But exactly how Mr. Steyer wielded his financial resources also came under scrutiny and raised questions about whether he was seeking to gain influence though his spending.
As a man, excavating behind his childhood home in 2014 as part of a renovation, he wielded a shovel -- and discovered the yard was a clandestine grave.
Vitter, who is retiring following his defeat in last year's gubernatorial election to Democrat John Bel Edwards, once wielded considerable power in conservative circles around the state.
"Instead of a once in a century phenomenon, which it had been, presidential impeachment has become a weapon to be wielded against one's political opponent," he said.
About three decades earlier, as Argentina's first lady, she wielded great political influence both as a champion of the poor and as the fashionable wife of Gen.
The 'stick' or threat that can be wielded is a cut-off of US aid unless Trump gains a personal benefit, the destruction of a political rival.
Fear, as a tool wielded by those who enforce and enact the law, should have no place in the pursuit of justice and the protection of innocence.
The "stick" or threat that can be wielded is a cut-off of US aid unless Trump gains a personal benefit, the destruction of a political rival.
An electoral college would help prevent the presidency from being wielded by those who would use it to impose tyrannical measures like universal background checks for firearms.
Critics of his brutality described him as a terrorist not to understand how he wielded violence, but to give emotive weight to their disgust with his tactics.
After I walked out of his compound that day, I wrote an article lamenting the poisonous influence he still wielded on his divided, beautiful, desperately poor country.
"Kafkaesque" is overused as an adjective to describe authoritarian regimes, but one aspect of the word is apt — the comic absurdity of how power is sometimes wielded.
But the addition of the Justice Department to antitrust oversight points to American regulators' growing unease with the clout wielded by a handful of Silicon Valley businesses.
These incidents have also called attention to the ways that police are often wielded as a weapon against people of color to force compliance and exert control.
But where Sherman's early work wielded the banality of femininity to uncanny effect, the portraits of Cahun clash masculine and feminine gendered traits to create something flamboyantly neuter.
The women wielded social media to counter Trump's message, and people of all stripes are again using it to show the Muslim community a different side of America.
British serial entrepreneur Richard Branson has also wielded his signature showmanship to promote Virgin Galactic, a space tourism venture that hundreds of customers have already lined up for.
"We accepted that the decision cannot be reversed, so we decided to focus on training without being wielded by something that is out of our control," she said.
Then there's the lightsaber Ezra is holding at one point in the trailer — with cross-guards, just like the one wielded by Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens.
Here's how they've wielded their abilities to win over hearts and minds—and fend off government controversy—on both coasts: Current regulation-­leery employers: Uber (Plouffe), Airbnb (Lehane).
And while the protesters often wielded rocks and bottles and sticks, the police forces generally answered with flashbangs, tear gas, water cannon, and batons swung wild and hard.
At times, crowds would push and surge forward to the gate and be whipped with long canes wielded by guards in white shirts, blue trousers and black boots.
Tens of thousands of women also joined rallies where they wielded the plow, and some have also begun driving tractors, a practice once reserved for men, he said.
Specialists in the field were understandably skeptical of a president who'd failed to tackle the epidemic when he wielded the power of the presidency suddenly adopting the cause.
She wields her sexuality the same way she previously wielded carefully worded questions during her performance coaching sessions — calmly, like she knows all will unfold as she'd planned.
But I wasn't imagining some cute young heartthrob; I was imagining the fierce glint of the knives wielded by the best villain from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder.
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has launched an investigation into the power wielded by Facebook and Google in digital advertising markets, including the ownership of data.
Whether it's power, potency, safety, fun, or even the threat of mortality, there is a vicarious thrill to be had in seeing one wielded on the silver screen.
Despite the notion that grits-throwing is a woman's crime of retribution, grits can be wielded by men—not just against them—and in situations of mutual aggression.
" "We refuse to sit idly by as racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia are wielded by the president and any elected official complicit in the poisoning of our democracy.
These profiles weren't crude or poorly managed but, rather, part of a well-oiled influence machine designed to weaponize the social clout wielded by power users on Instagram.
And how the authority of the executive in the hands of a self-dealer can be wielded against the people and the constitution and their Bill of Rights.
Biomonitoring isn't only used for drug research—it's led to some benefits in disease studies, for instance—and poses different benefits and consequences depending on how it's wielded.
Maris wielded a tremendous amount of power at GV, which, as he told this editor in an on-stage interview in February, currently invests $500 million a year.
There are already artificial intelligence systems that can identify fingerprints in social media posts, which could one day be wielded to bypass biometric security systems on personal devices.
According to the WSJ: Concerns about valuation of the fund's investments are closely linked to concerns about its investment process, in particular the power wielded by Mr. Son.
Thunberg wielded it when, instead of taking a flight from the UK to New York, she sailed across the Atlantic aboard a zero-emissions racing yacht this August.
The range of musicians who said they were inspired by Petty serves as a reminder of the influence he wielded over the aspiring artists who came after him.
Sufficiently Advanced first got his name on the map by making a trick Mjolnir that—just like the one Thor carries—could only be wielded by its owner.
A YouTube user named Bryant Lurango posted a video of the stream on YouTube:The three were on the verge of losing a match before they wielded the sign.
William and Kate wielded a sword at the British High Commissioner's residence on Monday night to cut a cake to mark the forthcoming 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth.
But experts say authorities in Sierra Leone and neighboring Liberia have been very resistant to introducing laws on FGM because of the power wielded by the secret societies.
I wielded a pair of secateurs (one-handed pruning clippers), their orange handles flashing through dew-drenched vine leaves as I hunted for the correct stem to cut.
Rebekah Neumann wielded significant influence over the language in the filing — internally referred to by the codename "Project Wingspan" — according to two sources with knowledge of the process.
Federal prosecutors tried to compel journalists to name their sources in open court, searched their phone records, and wielded the Espionage Act as a cudgel against government whistleblowers.
Metaphorically, male artists have long wielded their paintbrushes and chisels like so many big, swollen phalluses, decreeing for the ages how female subjects should be interpreted and portrayed.
Even though Carl's Jr./Hardee's sexy ads surfaced as an issue wielded by his opponents to the job in the new administration, Puzder says he has no regrets.
Customers wielded the hashtag against the company for trying to profit during a protest against Trump's Muslim ban that included a strike by New York City's taxi union.
The defensive strategy being wielded by plants is intuitive enough, but is a bit more clever than simply repelling creatures that might like to feast on those plants.
Control, retaliation and humiliationJust as domestic violence was once misunderstood and tolerated, many people today fail to grasp how nude photographs can be wielded as weapons of abuse.
But beyond that academic analysis, in political debate in a polarized country, the word "terrorism" is also a verbal weapon, freely wielded — especially when the accused is Muslim.
"As proud as I am of the song, I wish I was not so prescient as to how the phrase would get wielded in 2018," Ms. McKeown said.
Just a year before, on his Slaughter Tape, 21 wielded a variety of flows and vocal inflections, frequently utilizing a high-pitched yelp for emphasis ("Pimp" and "Picky").
The authority wielded by women here — in the police, the courts and the militias — is patterned on the gender egalitarian philosophy of the Kurds' ideological leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
On Tuesday he wielded it with a menacing smile, saying the parties who refused to support a Five Star-led government ignored the election result at their peril.
He — batons are still almost exclusively wielded by men — is a kind of medium between composers, usually from the distant past, and players who actually make the sounds.
A tough guy who's wielded a gun, a chainsaw, and a migrant "roundup" truck in his campaign ads just got President Trump's endorsement in the Georgia gubernatorial race.
On Twitter on Friday, Mr. Trump called the investigations a "hoax" and said the "Fake News Media" wielded the greatest influence by supporting the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.
His approach would examine the market power wielded by the parties to the merger and consider what remedies might be appropriate if the potential harm outweighed the benefits.
In Qing dynasty China, emperors wielded silver chopsticks, inspecting their gleam as proof that no poison was present, since it was theorized that toxicity would tarnish the metal.
J&J's appeal will doubtless center on Oklahoma's public nuisance law, wielded deftly by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and outside counsel from Whitten Burrage and Nix Patterson.
He liked to rile his guards into debating equality, race, and religion, and he wielded a sophisticated understanding of history and geopolitics to chip away at their beliefs.
In other words, it's a step up from a store like Claire's, where parents are often turned off by the use of piercing guns wielded by non-professionals.
He also replaces Anthony Kennedy, a center-right and broadly socially liberal justice who has wielded the decisive vote in rulings, including the upholding of Roe v. Wade.
She may have wielded more power than any woman to that point in American history (or since), though that was not the way progress was supposed to happen.
He runs fine art and charity auctions, having wielded one of his many gavels on more $2.75 billion in final bids at more than 2,600 auctions for Christie's.
The push for conclusive evidence comes a day after detectives detained and then released a 14-year-old believed to have wielded the knife that killed Ms. Majors.
The Saturday Profile SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Before taking the helm of this city's opera house, John Neschling wielded the maestro's baton in European venues from Lisbon to Vienna.
The Anti-Terrorism Law defines "terrorism" so broadly that it includes speech, writing, and other peaceful dissent, and has been wielded to lock up nonviolent pro-democracy activists.
Since then, they have wielded the financial weapons to punish Russia for annexing Crimea, hasten the downfall of Venezuela's strongman leader and to halt North Korea's nuclear program.
Manbij has been held by SDF-allied forces since then, angering neighboring Turkey which views the influence wielded by the YPG in northern Syria as a national security threat.
"Indeed, both Democrats and Republicans have decried it when wielded by their opponents but nonetheless continue to gerrymander in their own self interest when given the opportunity," he added.
Barnes' suit was an unusual and creative use of the derivative vehicle, which, as you know, is typically wielded by shareholders of public corporations in suits against board members.
She encouraged others to have frank conversations about the complicated dynamics of the workplace — who has power, how it is wielded, and how subtle biases play into professional interactions.
On a recent visit to Bukhara, the rabbi slaughtered six chickens in Ms. Kimatova's courtyard and then wielded his knife on three cows at a farm outside the city.
It did so by relying on the tactics perfected by execs like Eddy Cue and wielded years ago when Apple first began hammering out licensing deals with record labels.
The music hailed mostly from the 16th century, when the lute loomed large in aristocratic circles, wielded by both professionals (extremely well recompensed, according to Mr. O'Dette) and amateurs.
Voltz told me that too many Labor politicians relied on Jamie Clements and the power he wielded for their jobs, and that's why they were unwilling to speak out.
But if the other candidates wielded Mr. Carson as a sympathetic symbol in their skirmishes with each other, the doctor himself did nothing to stand out on the stage.
And Comey occasionally has publicly described his discomfort with the power wielded by the FBI's first director, J. Edgar Hoover, particularly the surveillance of suspected enemies of the era.
"One of my best friends of over 25 years, Louis C.K., masturbated in front of women, he wielded his power with women in f—ked-up ways," she said.
The power the authorities wielded over them in New York went mostly unchecked, and underpaid police shook down businesses with impunity and threatened owners if they were not paid.
That is an enormous cultural power to be held by so few, and it is largely wielded behind closed doors, making it difficult for outsiders to inspect or challenge.
The early beginnings of our nation saw slave patrols in the guise of "law enforcement" wielded as the disciplinary arm of the slave codes in the colonies and states.
First elected in 21, Dingell wielded the gavel in 24 when Congress passed Medicare into law, guaranteeing health insurance as a right to every American citizen over age 20153.
China's efforts to woo Pacific island nations have been watched warily by the countries that have traditionally wielded power in the region, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
As we reported, she got into it with her hairdresser over payment ... the hairdresser filed a police report claiming Chyna got hot and wielded a knife ... something Chyna denies.
That includes Lorde's mum, Sonja Yelich, who wielded smug parental privilege and hit Instagram to share two delightful throwback videos featuring the singer at the start of her career.
Others called him a dangerous radical: he was an outspoken foe of concentrated power, whether wielded by rival-crushing big businesses, or by remote and therefore clumsy big government.
Because Harvey Weinstein wielded so much power -- and I'm not even an actress in Hollywood -- I thought one phone call from Harvey Weinstein, I could have lost my job.
The love here is a love for labor and abundance, for a cup that overflows with decorative indulgence and for the arm and energy wielded to make the pour.
"Trump has literally never on the campaign trail expressed a belief that the power of the executive — as wielded by him — should be limited in any way," he wrote.
There was some pathos in Nader's insights on Congress, which dated to another era, when committees wielded more power, when staff had more expertise, when members displayed more independence.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic sanctions are a powerful policy weapon but should not be wielded "frivolously," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in an interview to be aired on Tuesday.
In Pakistan, where cryptic references to "invisible hands" wielded by "the boys" have long been part of the political lexicon, such talk is a staple of the campaign trail.
Treating pardons as such turns them into a political tool to be wielded by the famous and destroys the legitimacy of a system meant to treat equal cases equally.
As we know all too well from history — consider the FBI's surveillance of civil rights groups in the '60s — investigative powers wielded in secret create openings for unconstitutional abuses.
The bottom line: The Wagner Group's activity in CAR reveals how Russia has grown its influence in Africa, even in regions where Western countries traditionally have wielded considerable influence.
Dee Dee had even lied about Gypsy's age, so that years after Gypsy became a legal adult, Dee Dee still wielded authority over her medical treatments, and much else.
"We've really seen nothing but executive inaction," Gardner told The Hill last week, referencing the fact that the Obama administration has not yet wielded its new cyber sanctions authority.
Trump has wielded Clinton's previous support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and TPP against her in an effort to win over voters across the Rust Belt.
And we're watching Sudan, where protesters have been massing to call for the departure of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has wielded authoritarian power there for three decades.
Even before the age of nukes and perpetual congressional paralysis and a massive federal bureaucracy, presidents wielded a tremendous amount of power to make foreign and domestic policy decisions.
The Park Service has issued a detailed set of limits and prohibitions on items that can be brought in, banning some of the items that were wielded in Charlottesville.
They wielded batons and fired rubber bullets in an attempt to close down polling stations and disperse voters — clashes that dominated news coverage, as the vote descended into chaos.
In Renaissance England, chamomile, hyssop, pennyroyal and tansy were strewn on floors to ward off the plague; men and women wielded prophylactic posies of flowers and herbs like swords.
At Coleman, Mr. Bulger wielded enough influence to have "runners," other inmates who would sneak him food from the chow hall and snacks from the commissary, prison workers said.
" Dunst wielded tremendous influence on the project, down to casting -- including the choice of Skarsgard, with whom she worked with in Lars Von Trier's intensely psychological 2011 film "Melancholia.
Two predecessors, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, wielded influence after retiring from other official posts by staying in charge of the Central Military Commission, which Mr. Xi now leads.
That there would not be a long term adds a dimension to the tragedy of his death, since the influence he wielded continued well after he retired from basketball.
Though his majority has been slim, McConnell has wielded his power effectively, blocking legislation from the Democratic House of Representatives and confirming a steady stream of conservative judicial nominations.
The teen, who has not yet been identified by name, is believed to have wielded the knife that killed the New York City college student during an attempted robbery.
"Throughout our history, presidents' spouses have wielded remarkable influence, not only on the nation's leaders but on the country itself," Jana Winograde, president of entertainment for Showtime networks, said.
Performers who wielded clamorous, overwhelming sounds onstage — like Pharmakon, whose set was a shriek of human defiance amid a crushing electronic din — also gave daytime seminars demystifying their techniques.
For nearly 50 years, opponents of public aid — which they dub "parochiaid" to disparage Catholic schooling — have wielded this amendment to thwart attempts at giving parents greater educational choice.
But it has the potential to overthrow most of the federal government if wielded in a certain way, and the Roberts court could soon give it startling new relevance.
The actual malice defense, more commonly wielded by the press, may not prove as powerful for a short-seller with a financial motive to cause a stock to fall.
His record certainly provides insufficient evidence that he would be willing to stand up for the Constitution in the face of runaway executive power wielded in radically destructive ways.
But from this rare, personal and intimate elevator moment,we would soon learn afterward the power those two women, survivors of sexual assault, wielded in having it play out.
In James Gray's ''Ad Astra,'' Pitt used the same tools he wielded so deftly in Tarantino's film — laconic cool; understated emotion — to build an entirely different version of masculinity.
Indeed Mr Trump's argument is a logical extension of the post-Watergate view on the right that checks on the presidency are illegitimate when wielded by the other side.
Rather, the deadliest (and funniest) weapon wielded in "The Portuguese Kid" is the ferocious stink-eye of Mary Testa as Fausta, the dragon mother to end all dragon mothers.
Somewhere around the shameless manipulation of Abraham's cliffhanger death at the close of the sixth season, however, sadness became a blunt-force weapon that the show has wielded carelessly.
Although he recorded two of his three strikeouts in the first and totaled just four swinging strikes over six innings, Agrazal wielded his four-pitch arsenal to positive results.
Now that the president is a Republican, that willingness to steamroll procedural niceties is going to be wielded to keep things moving along, not to throw sand in government's gears.
I would grow into the grace my mother wielded like a weapon, rendering her impervious to the nutty chaos of being a little kid who stuffed tissues down her shirt.
The assailant, who wielded two kitchen knives during the incident outside the city's main police station, was then shot and wounded by two police officers, they said in a statement.
In February, Brazil moved several jailed leaders of the PCC into federal jails, in a bid to curtail the power they wielded from behind bars in less secure state prisons.
"Throughout our history, presidents' spouses have wielded remarkable influence, not only on the nation's leaders but on the country itself," Showtime president of entertainment Jana Winograde said in a statement.
"The evolution of hate," wrote Insecure star Yvonne Orji, who shared images of white supremacists over the years, including those who wielded torches at the University of Virginia last night.
Aside from efforts to woo the religious right, his success is due in large part to support from the all-powerful military, which has long wielded power in Pakistani politics.
The day-to-day running of Samsung will be little affected by the dissolution of the family's most loyal body, because of the control still wielded by the Lee dynasty.
The call would be made by a ruler who believed he wielded the power to so declare himself, failing to recognize the existence of any elders whose approval he needed.
For the most part, it seems the lingerie executives are unfazed by the influence inclusive lingerie upstarts like ThirdLove and Savage X Fenty by Rihanna have wielded in recent seasons.
But in a new case in which this weapon has so horrifyingly been wielded, in the northern state of Haryana, India, the perpetrators may actually have defeated its own usefulness.
Talabani regarded himself as a modern, socialist and urban alternative to the tribal authority wielded by the elder Barzani and much of the PUK's support comes from the urban elite.
Hastily adopted legislation basically made it illegal to offend any social group — though as wielded by the authorities, the new laws primarily seemed to protect the strong from the weak.
The escape prompted widespread criticism of Mexico's ability to handle high-profile criminals, with some pointing to issues with corruption and the power wielded by drug cartels in the country.
The best shrimp chips are from Calbee, who mass produced them first and who have wielded modern food science like magic to produce the most craveable chip I've ever had.
For his latest "Clueless Gamer" segment, the Late Night host wielded a Leviathan axe to play the wildly popular game with "the ultimate He-Man," actor and comedian Bill Hader.
The public pressure they wielded was coercive and relied on centuries old tropes about the ever-forgiving spirit of women and the assumption that women must be seen as agreeable.
Using the same putter he wielded so effectively to lead Europe to victory in the 2012 Ryder Cup, he came through in the clutch yet again to force the playoff.
Harvey wielded the "highest potential to kill the most amount of people and cause the most amount of damage," Brock Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, had warned.
This is the lesson of The Infernal Library: Words change their meaning when they're published in a landscape of authoritarian control, when the pen is wielded by an iron fist.
He backed his former aide in January, traveled to Des Moines for a rally in February and wielded the power of his sizeable email list to raise money for D'Alessandro.
For the past decade on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy wielded more influence over the lives and destinies of millions of Americans than any single person who wasn't president.
One of Trump's most trusted advisers, Mattis has clearly wielded significant influence since joining the administration, but he lost a particularly consistent ally when Tillerson was unceremoniously fired last month.
The police in Columbus said that the BB gun wielded by 13-year-old Tyre King was built to look nearly identical to a Smith & Wesson Military & Police semiautomatic pistol.
Scalia, one of the early originalist apostles, wielded an array of historical and legal sources to find an individual right to bear arms in the amendment for the first time.
Trade deals, immigrant labor, automation: As Mr. Arkenbout sees it, these are all just instruments wielded in pursuit of the same goal — paying him less so corporations can keep more.
"We refuse to sit idly by as racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia are wielded by the president and any elected official complicit in the poisoning of our democracy," they added.
More fundamentally, Pruitt's glad-handing with industry lobbyists and open suppression of nonpartisan science has done longer-term damage to the arguments wielded by some conservatives for easing environmental rules.
This judicial stratagem exudes an aura of illegality and cannot be explained without taking into account the ironclad concentration of powers wielded by the Chavista government in Venezuela since 2005.
Once upon a time, men like Zlatan led fighters across rough seas, took coastal towns by force, wielded axes, drank from tankards and ate wild boar at long, wooden tables.
Really, we shouldn't be all that surprised, considering this isn't even the first time Kim has boldly wielded a pair of shears in the name of customizing her own fashions.
Leona wielded her voice like both a weapon and instrument on it, going from her potential as "nice voice that can fade into the background" to something much more powerful.
The visit came at a time when Israel wielded significant power in the ancient Near East, and Soloman's thriving desert nation sat at the crossroads of two major trade routes.
Somebody tried to grab him, wrestling with him, and then he wielded a knife, like a hunting knife, just started lunging at her with a knife half a dozen times.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A counterprotester who wielded an improvised flamethrower in a dramatic confrontation at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was charged with assault and battery, the police said.
Where some artists work with paint brush and palette, Ms. Lekberg often wielded a blowtorch, welding steel, bronze and other materials into works featuring dancers, trees, contemplative figures and more.
While Mr. Eastland wielded his chairmanship to counter civil rights, delaying, for example, the 1967 vote to confirm Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice, he counted on Mrs.
For Mr. Prayuth, an autocratic ruler who wielded absolute authority as head of the military's National Council for Peace and Order, leading a multiparty, coalition government will be an adjustment.
Generally speaking, punk rock is a tool wielded by those on the lowest rungs of society to express dissent—and nowhere was dissent more reactionary than in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
The emails also show that the company wielded data like currency, bestowing special access to it as a reward to friendly businesses like Airbnb and Netflix while cutting off rivals.
The April conviction of Bill Cosby fueled a wave of assessments about the comedian's tarnished legacy — and how that legacy was long wielded as a cudgel against poor black Americans.
A colorless bureaucrat, Ivanov wielded significant influence over Kremlin appointments after Putin became president, and as head of the FSKN, Ivanov oversaw a more hardline approach to Russia's drug problem.
Recently, DNA and genealogical data were used to track down a suspected California serial killer, raising concerns about how else our most intimate information could be wielded by the state.
While Britain's kings traditionally wielded a prerogative power to suspend or dispense with laws, the framers of the Constitution required the American president to faithfully execute them, Mr. Shane noted.
The encounter was one of the most blatant examples yet of how Mr. Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies.
This weekend, it was TV writer/actress/producer Mindy Kaling — whose popular Instagram and Twitter feeds have lately featured a lot of cooking content — who wielded the spoon of controversy.
Once described as the "Wizard of Oz," for the power he wielded behind the scenes, Mr. Tarullo was appointed to the Federal Reserve by President Barack Obama in January 2009.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump wielded his powers of clemency Tuesday for convicted white-collar criminals and the former Illinois governor accused of attempting to sell a US senate seat.
The language employed by that disquisition is so archaic as to be very nearly Anglo-Frisian, and the logic wielded in its coils would mystify a scholar of the Talmud.
"Nunes may have wielded the committee gavel here, but the ultimate responsibility lies with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), who lacked the courage to stop him," Schiff says.
With around 200 employees picked from various affiliates, the office did not exist as a legal entity but wielded enormous power as the instrument of control for the Lee family.
Ms. Wilson and her colleagues were barely out of their teens and wielded the visual power of three, often in grown-up second-skin gowns freighted with beads and sequins.
More than 100 people were wounded, after police fired about 1,400 rounds of tear gas, 900 rubber bullets and six live rounds as protesters threw petrol bombs and wielded sticks.

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