• But that should not be a pretext for giving the government excessive power over innocuous private communications.

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  • Another opposition accusation is that the new constitution would concentrate excessive power in the hands of the president, making him too authoritarian.

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  • HiPe PC is no stranger to the land of excessive power and unorthodox construction, and the firm's latest two gaming rigs are no exception to either.

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  • The concern about excessive power is legitimate, but surely a way can be found so that the White House and Congress would share power and any other arrangements be strictly limited in time.

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  • Again one example only: we were exercised by the excessive power given by the reformed New Zealand system to the small New Zealand First Party, which in effect was able to determine who was in government.

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  • Dotti dismisses the former prime minister's reaction to the Milan verdict - which Mr Berlusconi described as "intolerable judicial harassment" - saying that his "ostentatious lack of respect for the law and the presumption of impunity" were "simply the result of the excessive power and wealth of the Cavaliere".

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  • There is no question that inequality has been rising in the United States and that it raises numerous issues concerning what is a fair distribution of income and wealth, what taxes we ought to raise, and how to prevent those who acquire great economic power from also gaining excessive political power (through campaign contributions).

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  • Pressure groups also check excessive central power and give governments expert advice.

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  • "It is dangerous in giving excessive market power and before these banks are returned to private ownership they should be split up, " the Lib Dem MP said.

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  • Otherwise the excessive concentration of power could lead to massive levels of political abuse.

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  • He added that China should also "establish institutions to end the excessive concentration of power and lack of checks on power".

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  • This is that South Korea's main political problem has been the excessive concentration of power, and what a good democrat, left-winger or right, should therefore want to do is to break that power up.

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  • Complaints about excessive centralisation of power are returning.

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  • "We should unwaveringly combat corruption, strengthen political integrity, establish institutions to end the excessive concentration of power and lack of checks on power and ensure that officials are honest, government is clean and political affairs are handled with integrity, " Wen said.

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  • It's hard to exaggerate the movement on school reform over the past 20 years, to the point that the New Yorker, that bastion of Upper West Side propriety, contributed one of the most damning polemics against excessive teachers-union power.

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  • The author went on to ask the State regulators to allow the cruise ships to connect to sources of shore-side power without paying debatably excessive fees to the local utility, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, to do so.

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  • Some of the problems were caused by excessive snow and water "sticking" to power cables causing the conductors to fail.

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  • Citizens will also have the power to approve or veto "excessive" council tax rises that are above the ceiling set by the government.

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  • Mr Davies said some of the problems have been caused by excessive snow and water "sticking" to power cables causing the conductors to fail.

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  • People will also have the power to approve or veto "excessive" council tax rises that are above the ceiling set by the government, and trigger a referendum on any local issue.

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  • Excessive borrowing and spending threatens economic stability, jeopardizes American power abroad and passes along a mountain of debt to our children and grandchildren.

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  • Bush was heavily criticized during his presidency for what some observers said was an excessive reliance on unilateral action and U.S. military power.

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  • The BBC's United Nations correspondent says the new report labels Israel as an occupying power in Palestinian areas, and accuses the Israeli army of using excessive force against Palestinian protesters and gunmen.

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  • The researchers examined the prevailing inspection system called On-Board Diagnostics II (OBD-II), which tests for excessive carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides, and also checks the power-train systems for problems that might eventually lead to elevated emissions levels.

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  • One former State Department official told me today that Musharraf was the victim of not just excessive pride but unrealistic advice from followers who saw their own success inextricably tied to his power.

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  • The African National Congress governments that have been in power since the institution of majority rule in 1993 are credited with admirable, some say excessive, moderation in adjusting the economic imbalance between the races.

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  • It would boost consumers' purchasing power and squeeze corporate profits, which have accounted for most of the increase in China's excessive domestic saving in recent years.

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  • Ministers said there was a "dramatic shift" of power away from Whitehall already taking place, with taxpayers able to trigger referendums in the event of "excessive" council tax rises and councils able to raise an estimated 70% of their income locally.

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