But very, very few people or organizations know why they do what they do.

There would still be a need for regulation, especially where monopoly or near monopoly is involved.

a monopoly over the use of legitimate force

The order was issued by the highest judge.

But harnessing the power of ICTs does not benefit only a few.

Today, however, we are witnessing the failure of the Wahhabi project to monopolize Islam.

As a result, the ANC s monopoly on legitimacy is loosening.

If approved, the first report of the Special Rapporteur would be made to the fifty eighth session of the Sub Commission.

The continued development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons by a few served only to incite others to challenge their supremacy, thereby undermining the goals of non proliferation and disarmament.

Genoa replaced Venice in the monopoly of commerce with the Black Sea territories.

Most counted on the party s media monopoly to carry their message, such as it was Vote Lezek, a good communist.

But the key point was that the party s monopoly on power was jettisoned.

One way to combat mercenarism was for Governments to retain the monopoly of public security functions.

We do not claim a monopoly of wisdom in the field of disarmament, nuclear or otherwise.

The Solidarity union that was born in 1980 broke the Communist Party s monopoly on power.

Monopolization of political power led, in turn, to rampant cronyism and corruption, which stifled economic and social development.

Business monopoly in some sectors causes higher profit bookings and further raising of prices.

So, if a monopoly is restricting output and raising prices, regulate firms and industries.

The Soviet American duopoly had given way to a Sino American duopoly, which won a combined 20 of the medals.

And Ayatollah Khomeini challenged the Al Saud s ideological monopoly and control of Mecca and Medina.

At least since 1989, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party s monopoly on power has been fragile.

When I was 12 years old, I was one of the first few people in Singapore who underwent cochlear implantation.

The effort to improve the human condition is not a task for the few it is a task for all nations and societies.

The near monopoly of power once enjoyed by sovereign entities is being eroded.

It increases prices and decreases volumes even more than one comprehensive monopoly incorporating all suppliers in that chain would have done.

Opposition parties found their feet, and the PDP s power monopoly was finally broken but not obliterated.

India s corrupt elites had moved from controlling licenses to cornering newly valuable resources like land.

I don't remember being accepted for a scholarship in a Canadian University, which I turned down, so that I can remain home and serve my country.

Many blame the NDP monopoly and firm grasp of the political system for losing the people's confidence in any real change.

No one could maintain a monopoly in this area. The result would be a new arms race whose outcome would be disastrous for everyone.

Even the few who claimed knowledge about Roma were unsure about who commissioned the billboard.

Those few Afghans who have had the opportunity to speak to media or use social media to express their plight have painted a different picture, however.

A state s monopoly on the use of force is justified if citizens can rely on it to ensure their security.

The CCP s monopoly of public moral authority is long gone, and now its monopoly of political power is at risk as well.

On June 16th, the rebellious oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his comrade in arms Platon Lebedev finally began to face the judges of the Meshchansky district court.

He hoped that those few who opposed any changes to the existing draft would reflect very carefully on their positions before the next meeting.

A well ordered modern state is defined by a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, which allows domestic markets to operate.

It is generally a natural monopoly, and as a result is usually run as a public service by a public utility which is owned by local or national government.

Later this monopoly would be enforced by the Papal bulls Dum Diversas (1452) and Romanus Pontifex (1455), granting Portugal the trade monopoly for the newly discovered lands.

The separatist governments, manipulating issues of ethnic origins, attempt to monopolize the process of conflict regulation on behalf of their own clan based interests, and against the fundamental interests of their population.

We settled you on the earth , and provided means of livelihood for you in it but little are the thanks you give .

And indeed We established you in the earth and in it created for you the means of livelihood very little thanks do you offer !

We have established you in the earth and there appointed for you livelihood little thanks you show .

And assuredly We established you in the earth and appointed for you livelihoods therein yet little thanks ye return .

And surely , We gave you authority on the earth and appointed for you therein provisions ( for your life ) . Little thanks do you give .