The problem with these mini-ghettos is that they concentrate poverty but not political or economic power.
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Many Egyptian politicians and analysts, accustomed to attributing moves by the SCAF to efforts to extend its own political power or block Islamists, struggled to divine a clear political motive for the disqualifications.
That is the essence of what we do as lawyers: advocate for clients within a system that seeks to make decisions based on law and established procedure, not whim or ideology or political power.
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Even if Hizbullah had not entered the government, Siniora and his colleagues never had sufficient political or military will or power to fight Iran, Hizbullah and Syria effectively.
Critics, it should be noted, generally insist that this is a smoke screen, that the "real" aims of the organization the acquisition of political power, or financial gain, or new recruits are hidden.
"People didn't resist giving up political power, or even the presidency, " says Hooshang Amirahmadi, a professor at Rutgers University and head of the American Iranian Council, a group that tries to foster better relations with Iran.
Many companies are still trying to work out how they should respond to global trends, such as the dramatic rise of China's economic and political power, or even to the need for strategic takes on issues such as e-commerce or the rise of social media.
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Priorities will constantly shift based on who yells the loudest or has the most political power.
What does an assassination of a political leader either one in power or someone who like Malcolm or Martin who was a leader of the people do to people?
And as we now see, all of its possible secular and Islamist successors either reject outright Egypt's peace treaty with Israel or will owe their political power to the support of those who reject the peace with the Jewish state.
Authority was left diffused because Americans have historically been suspicious of concentrated power whether political, financial or religious.
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None of this will affect the corruption and redistribution of assets going on in Ukraine, or break the nexus between political power and business.
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Not that the best of assemblies or most far-reaching of constitutional changes could on its own radically reform the political system or achieve a juster distribution of power, let alone wealth.
There are more spies or former operatives living in this political power-hub than anywhere else in the world.
But, though he assuredly appreciated the economic benefits Egypt derives from Russian tourism, Hosni Mubarak was not kept in power through Kremlin subsidies or political support.
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Africa should look to its past when there were councils of elders and other counterweights to royal or chiefly power for political structures that suit its society, say some.
Any political party that aspires to power as president or prime minister must take into account the will of the people, which means finding the means to provide excellent welfare benefits and shortened working hours.
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This could be done, for instance, by allowing a caretaker president for a while or in building and running a communist party-like hegemonic political machine or by taking the prime-minister's office and transferring all real political power to it.
Editors have less power to stifle stories because of political or economic pressure.
They are decisions of a kind for which the judiciary has neither aptitude, facilities, nor responsibility, and have long been held to belong in the domain of political power, not subject to judicial intrusion or inquiry.
In other words, I do not believe this is ultimately a transmission capacity issue, but rather an ugly abuse of political power on the part of the BPA or some other entity who stands to benefit from selling extremely high-margin hydropower.
Russia has "never said that our goal was to preserve the current political regime, or making sure that President Assad stays in power, " he added.
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The focus may be narrow, but the effect is not trivial: telling people how to influence their local school or hospital is useful and gives them real political power.
We choose not to share information for political reasons, to consolidate power, for expedience, or just to avoid dealing with someone who can be kind of a pain in the ass.
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In all these cases the general bet being made is that a decent London house will maintain its value: whatever happens to your own local currency or even your relationship to those with the political power.
An opening of the political process, which could end with Sharif or Bhutto back in power, may be positive in the short term but disastrous in the long term.
On the left, suspicion of capitalism has remained rife, trade union powers have been maintained more successfully than in Germany or even France, and the use of political patronage to build power networks and reward supporters has helped destroy meritocracy.
ANC, blacks are already angry that political equality has not led fast enough to a sharing of wealth or economic power.
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People tolerated it: they considered it the price of economic growth, the cost of doing business, the quickest way to win a contract (or just get a telephone line), a perk of political power.
America has a choice either to be increasingly rendered a mere bystander, letting political correctness usurp progress or to emerge from the shadows of its super-power status and take a firm stand in the international energy arena.
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