• The 20-year-old cultural property act gives U.S. officials the power to strike such agreements with nations that ratified the 1970 Unesco convention.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And Congress is in no mood to grant it fast-track negotiating authority, without which America lacks the power to strike trade deals and so cannot negotiate credibly.

    ECONOMIST: Trade

  • Though many people vehemently disagree with particular decisions of the court, its legal power to strike down state or federal laws, to arbitrate disputes between the president and Congress, and between either of them and the states, remains unchallenged.

    ECONOMIST: The politics of justice

  • But it was again the All Blacks' strike power that told, Farrell freeing Whitney on the wing, the flanker stepping delightfully inside and driving to the line for a score improved by Thomas.

    BBC: Neath 22-22 Swansea

  • And, according to Professor Hyman, this also weakened the power of local union activists like shop stewards, and unions adopted a more "strategic" use of power, where strike were the last resort, not the first course of action.

    BBC: NEWS | Business | The trade unions' long decline

  • It has the power to suspend or strike off doctors they find guilty of misconduct.

    BBC: Dr Derek Keilloh

  • In September, a lightning strike caused power failures on the LIRR, stranding passengers for several hours and prompting a call for a "commuter bill of rights" from Sen.

    WSJ: A Ride Home, Anonymously

  • Berbatov had the opportunity to underline his worth to United after the ball dropped to the unmarked striker 14 yards from goal but his strike lacked power and Robinson saved.

    BBC: Blackburn 0-0 Man Utd

  • The first is that although the West is safe in the sense that the existential threat of invasion by a malevolent foreign power or a first strike by a nuclear-armed aggressor is now vanishingly small, the rise of jihadist terrorism has left people feeling vulnerable.

    ECONOMIST: Weighing safety against liberty

  • He rejected SPI's stance that a lightning strike damaged the power line's infrastructure.

    BBC: Black Saturday bushfire case opens in Australia

  • Look for the enemies to start up a power blow and block it to get a chance for a nasty retaliatory strike, and charge up your own power attacks by holding down the mouse button.

    FORBES: Hands-On With The Elder Scrolls Online At PAX East 2013

  • In return, they promise labor peace (barring the occasional strike to demonstrate their power) and tremendous election-day muscle.

    FORBES: Coyote Den

  • Ellington had his first sight of goal 17 minutes from time, but the former Wigan striker failed to get any power on his long-range strike and Begovic made a comfortable save.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Championship | Ipswich 1-1 Watford

  • Construction workers building a power station in Cheshire have gone on strike due to "inadequate on-site facilities".

    BBC: Liverpool

  • But the programme reveals that in the weeks leading up to and during the two-week strike - which brought the power sharing Executive down - Mr Wilson was working on his secret plan.

    BBC: Wilson had NI 'doomsday' plan

  • One poor girl was reportedly killed when a firecracker underneath a manhole cover made it fly up and strike her head (some explosive power, that).

    CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Asia Buzz: Firecracker Freedom

  • Mr Chavez's government has been firmly in control of PDVSA since 2003, when it fired 40% of the workforce in the aftermath of a general strike aimed at forcing him from power.

    BBC: What now for Venezuela's economy?

  • Moreover, he predicts that "the UK government's strong commitment to nuclear power and to energy security means the 'strike price' will be set at a fair level to secure investment in the nuclear industry".

    BBC: Hitachi's nuclear deal still faces hurdles

  • When he turned back to 1549 to instruct it to turn west, Sullenberger advised him he had lost power in both engines because of a bird strike and needed to return to LaGuardia for an emergency landing.

    CNN: Controller thought Hudson landing would be 'death sentence'

  • Clearly, the Philippines' quest for cheaper power will take more than just a big gas strike.

    CNN: Up from the Ocean

  • Despite preparatory work on the site being complete, EDF is waiting to agree the strike price with the government - for the nuclear power generated - before construction can begin.

    BBC: Hinkley Point C proposal

  • On that same subject, David Cameron's suggestion that if he won power, he would bring opposition leaders into a war cabinet would strike many people as a very sensible one.

    BBC: Take your politics too seriously

  • That implies spending a lot more money on long-endurance air power and sea power, such as the new Air Force bomber and Navy unmanned strike aircraft that Gates endorsed in January.

    FORBES: Mideast Unrest, China Spark Swift U-Turn In Outlook For U.S. Defense Industry

  • The government's willingness to reduce its stake in Singapore Telecom, and to give up its veto power over big decisions, made it easier for the company to strike this week's deal to buy Australia's Optus (see article).

    ECONOMIST: Asian privatisation

  • That impressive streak could have been, but was thankfully not, broken on Thursday when a bird strike apparently caused both engines on a US Airways jet to lose power.

    ECONOMIST: Business travel

  • The current attack on cartels comes at a time when the temptation to strike cosy deals with competitors is stronger than ever, as pricing power remains weak and excess capacity abounds in the wake of the global economic slowdown.

    ECONOMIST: Cartels: Fixing for a fight | The

  • He said he was not calling for "the instant abandonment of nuclear power" but "just for a pause, for the referral of the strike price negotiation to the Public Accounts Committee, other select committees or to an independent panel of experts".

    BBC: Sellafield Nuclear Plant

  • The announcement was dampened somewhat by a pre-emptive strike that Intel made last week, when it introduced some low-power chips of its own.

    FORBES: Transmeta unveils Crusoe's first customers

  • The smaller warships are multi-mission vessels that help protect the strike group from overhead, surface and undersea attack while providing additional striking power, mainly in the form of cruise missiles.

    FORBES: Despite Budget Woes, The Navy Is Unlikely To Cut Carriers

  • These affordable thin and light laptops strike a balance between portability and performance for consumers who want more computing power than a netbook and longer battery life than a traditional laptop, without the premium price of an Ultrabook.

    ENGADGET: Lenovo announces IdeaPad S300, S400 and S405 notebooks for $499 and up

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