As a result, Palestinian politics has degenerated into a naked struggle for the spoils of power.

Following Ethiopia s intervention, the Islamists found themselves out of power.

Power in America shifted first from the East Coast to the West Coast, and then to the South.

Environment is outside the control of the follower task structure, authority system, and work group.

In 2003, Denmark s universities were turned into self governing institutions run by governing boards dominated by external representatives.

Over the last two decades, our elites have been unable to maintain it, as economic power has long since gone global and dislodged itself from political power, often corrupting democratic politics in the process.

In France, it is considered to be the watershed moment when a conservative moral ideal (religion, patriotism, respect for authority) shifted towards a more liberal moral ideal (secularism, individualism, sexual revolution).

The Constituent Assembly, which should build national unity and democratic legitimacy, has been turned into a mechanism for division and absolute power.

The light from the high power IR laser diodes is converted into visible light by means of extra cavity waveguided second harmonic generation.

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By 1920, the government had virtually lost all power outside its capital and Ahmad Shah had lost control of the situation.

Politicians from political parties out of power denounce the deficits and debt as a horrific legacy for our children and an insurmountable burden on the economy.

A convenience has become a burden.

Suddenly, the eurozone had become a straightjacket.

Some of the protests became violent.

CAMBRIDGE On November 4, Americans will elect their 44th president amidst the worst financial turmoil the country has known since the onset of the Great Depression in 1929. Both candidates are United States senators with little experience as executives, so their ability to manage the crisis has become a central issue in the election.

Marine Le Pen is seeking the same path to power traveled by Italy s Northern League, the Flemish Interest Party, Liveable Netherlands, and the Danish People s Party, all of which first became soft populist parties.

China has become the workshop of the world.

And, under his rule, Turkey has become a regional power.

I always had poor vision but I actually turned blind after that incident.

Those who can or must support themselves outside marriage tend to favor expanding economic opportunities for women and to oppose laws and values that give familial authority to husbands and fathers.

LISBON RIGA Is the Europe that is emerging from the euro crisis a German one? During the euro crisis, power in the European Union seems to have shifted towards national capitals in general, and towards one national capital in particular Berlin.

Meanwhile, the US, the world s sole economic hyper power until recently, remains a diminished giant. It stands humbled by its foreign policy blunders and a massive financial crisis.

The traffic light turned red, and the cars came to a stand still.

So India turned 180 degrees.

Some camps turned into staging posts for armed factions.

First, Baghdad had been transformed into a Shiite dominated city.

Language, education, religion, and politics were transformed.

You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.

Thou art become cruel to me with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

In other words, the low type roads have been converted into high type roads.

The February ad hoc informal open ended meeting on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions will be an opportunity for the international community to discuss some complex issues.

Israel began amassing military forces outside the Gaza Strip but vowed to give the Palestinian Authority a last chance to prevent mortar and Qassam rocket fire against Israeli targets inside and outside the Gaza Strip.

Power may be increasingly illusory in a globalized world, but it is an illusion that is shared by others, and the longer one inhabits it, the more one s circle consists of others who share the belief.

The example of European Jewry is not entirely irrelevant. An oppressed tribe of Ostjuden, destitute immigrants from the shattered communities of Eastern Europe, was transformed in just two generations from God fearing shoemakers, tailors, and wandering peddlers into a community of writers, philosophers, scientists, and tycoons.

This refers to two different types of power, which are possession of power and exercising power.

So what is this? This is corncobs turned into charcoal.

But then, for some reason, I got into something else, just recently.

As a result, sovereign risk is now becoming banking risk.

Missile defense has become another bone of contention.

Instead, it has become a national growth strategy issue.

China is now a society rotten to the core.

Third, financial markets and financial firms have become a nexus of conflicts of interest that must be unwound.

Irrationality seems to have taken over.

Compounding the problem of party formation is personal rivalry.