• David Criswell, professor of physics at the University of Houston, has written scores of studies detailing the possibility of using special power bases on the moon for harnessing solar energy.

    FORBES

  • Over the course of this week, the U.S. Presidential Delegation has experienced the lasting power of the Special Olympics movement to promote awareness and appreciation of the human rights of those with disabilities.

    WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

  • The report reserves particular criticism for the fact that Special Branch had the power to withhold intelligence from senior investigating officers, despite being "ill placed" to know whether or not it was relevant.

    BBC: Ombudsman's investigation: Remit.

  • The Court of Justice of the Republic, a special body with the power to judge ministers, made the decision after meeting for several hours to discuss a preliminary inquiry.

    BBC: New IMF head Christine Lagarde faces finance deal probe

  • The two presidential hopefuls, who decry the influence of money in the political system and the power of "special interests, " say they believe that politics is a "noble profession, " and they talk about their desire to run "different" campaigns that avoid "negative attacks" on their opponents.

    CNN: By Stuart Rothenberg/

  • Given the tendency in our society to complexity rather than to simplicity, and given the power of special interests versus the general good, a clean, elegant solution won't come easy.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections.

    WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Fighting for the Public Against Special Interests | The White House

  • Maybe the mental image of golfing pols, like the prospect of a hanging, has a special power to focus the mind.

    NPR: The Volatile Mix of Politics and Golf

  • Reno said she will issue regulations giving the attorney general the power to appoint the special prosecutors beginning July 1.

    CNN: Reno preparing rules to take over independent counsel's job

  • That is why today, I am proposing the One Democracy Initiative, to end the power of the special interests, restore our democracy, and start building One America.

    CNN: Edwards' October 13, 2007, speech on restoring democracy

  • Like many a president, Mr Obama took office vowing to transcend Washington's tribal politics and neuter the power of special interests.

    ECONOMIST: Obama and the mid-terms

  • The Japan he took up the leadership of in 2001 had lain in the doldrums for 11 years, never having had the crisis that might have forced it into reform, but also never achieving a gradual, consistent, consensual reform either, thanks to the power of special-interest groups to obstruct change.

    ECONOMIST: It deserves, for Japan's sake, to be rewarded

  • Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette credited the fantastic special teams work on killing the lengthy Rangers power play.

    WSJ: Flyers beat Rangers 2-1 for 1st win of the season

  • The inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program is investigating whether the administration pressured GM to give the UAW special treatment, but the IG lacks subpoena power to force officials to testify.

    WSJ: James Sherk and Todd Zywicki: Obama's United Auto Workers Bailout

  • What I want to do is increase transparency and accountability to offset the power of the special interests and the lobbyists.

    CNN: Transcript of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate

  • Samantha Power is the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council.

    WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

  • And you know what, that's what the other side is counting on, because when we get cynical and we don't participate, then the folks who are in power, the folks who have the special interest lobbies, the folks that are spending all this money -- they're doing just fine.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event

  • Josie soon went back to school, and gradually, with the help of a special therapist and other teachers she partially regained the power of speech.

    BBC: Josie's long journey

  • Along with beat-em-up fans, Injustice is aiming at comic book enthusiasts eager to step into the thighboots of their favorite character (and Aquaman), and these power moves, along with the special attacks, do a fine job of giving the player the sense of being, if not a DC superhero, then a credibly amped-up NetherRealm version of them.

    FORBES: Injustice: Gods Among Us - Review

  • Last year's finance bill in the republic included special measures designed to give tax authorities greater power and oversight of the oil trade with new requirements for the recording and reporting of transactions by traders.

    BBC: Fuel laundering 'costs tens of millions' to governments

  • Now, imagine the power this will give special interests over politicians.

    WHITEHOUSE: Limiting the Influence of Special Interests

  • But then few have such concentrated suppliers as platinum, palladium and nickel - and Opec has been aware of its special power to influence the markets ever since 1973, when producers quadrupled world oil prices almost overnight.

    BBC: Steel production

  • Mr Baker said Finance Minister Sammy Wilson had the power to make changes to special advisor appointments.

    BBC: Finance Committee

  • Special Offer: Tap into the power of dividends!

    FORBES: Every Item Counts: Top 10 Tax Deductions

  • Readers may recall that this special FDIC power to manage the failure of a financial giant, called "Orderly Liquidation Authority" in Dodd-Frank, was promoted by its backers as a way to rain fire and brimstone upon a failing bank and its creditors.

    WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Dodd-Frank Downgrade

  • Believe it or not, the U.S. Army used to contain a special unit that was devoted exclusively to the use of psychic power as a tool of war.

    NEWYORKER: The Men Who Stare at Goats

  • My platoon of 15 SEALs would be augmented by a SEAL mobility platoon that would insert desert patrol vehicles (DPVs) and secure the perimeter and a platoon of Polish GROM (elite Polish special operations soldiers) that would clear buildings surrounding the power plant.

    FORBES: From the Battlefield to the Boardroom: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Business Leadership Success (Part 3 of 3)

  • But if you choose to support taking this path through the courts, then you are advocating a more noxious form of inequality, one that grants unequal power over an entire society to the special interests favoured by an activist elite judiciary over the interests of the masses.

    ECONOMIST: Letters | The

  • This time we want to talk about how the lines in the emergency room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care, who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together.

    NPR: Obama And The Politics Of Being Biracial

  • He has already asked the secretariat to arrange a special summit later this year in Tripoli to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his coming to power.

    ECONOMIST: Qaddafi says farewell, Arabia, and sets his sights on Africa | The

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