Although the U.S State Department subsequently implemented a special immigrant visa program for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, the creation of this class of refugees is a testament to the power of language politics, and an example of the fallout from American insufficiencies in this area.
The novel demands to be read like this, as a fable, for while it roots around in the stench and swill of life, it is at the same time a highly figurative tale about truth versus fact, about meaning, and the power of language both to carry and destroy it.
On Monday, Stremor Corp launched Unpartial.com, a political website to demonstrate the power of its Language Heuristics Engine.
But I also know that leaders can sabotage a great presentation if they underestimate or ignore the power of body language.
Granting power of attorney in the language of the scholars is a permissible request for legal assistance for the attorney to act as one's representative.
Now some of that language-processing power is available to everyone in the form of an API that developers can use to have Google distinguish between different categories of text.
The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom.
It is the place where they can learn the centrality of language and the power of reflection for their own growth in leadership.
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Depending on how broadly the order was drafted the assembly could then have power to make laws affecting large areas of language policy without ever having to go back to Parliament.
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, a new tribute album, turns a cross-section of contemporary artists Cat Power and Michael Stipe among them loose on English-language versions of some of his best-known songs.
Defenders say its power lies in how it pushes the boundaries of language.
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While the plot may recall other allegorical crossings (such as the one that the Knight, the Squire and the circus family undertake in Ingmar Bergman's film "The Seventh Seal"), the power of Blackburn's book lies in her language and in her ability to conjure images that are at once spooky and heart-rending.
This gives an idea of the power available to anyone who wished to develop something like a translator for sign language, or a way of studying motion to develop physical therapy strategies.
Such arguments tend to be about the division of political power between rival communities, rather than about language as such.
Ruby delivers the flexibility and power of Lisp, which sits on a pedestal above every other language.
It is (or should be) a class that invites reflection, an intense focus on language, and exploration of the wonder and power of dialogue and conversational inquiry.
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Using this, developers will come up with apps that can "introduce themselves, " automatically installing themselves on 1 or 100 servers at once using the Internet-era language XML. Such automation and, of course, the power of cheap chips from Intel is supposed to be the last nail in the mainframe's coffin.
Agents that speak its language derive their power collaboratively, using software that resides across a range of computers, creating a giant conversation that could span the globe.
In her book The Language of Female Leadership, Dr. Judith Baxter discussed her study of how language is used in senior executive and boardroom meetings to understand power patterns.
Fluency in the language of Shakespeare is regarded as a sign of modernity, sophistication and power.
Recommendations included giving the council more power to control the number of off-licences selling alcohol, and the provision of English language courses.
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To be able to use it tongue-in-cheek at this point suggests that we've come a long way and that there is less power for such language to do us harm when we appropriate it and make jokes out of it.
The language we use to describe illicit trade and to frame our efforts to contain it betrays the enduring power of this illusion.
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