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Puntland's administration claims it is powerless in the face of the growing power of the pirates, who are well-armed and employ a lot of people.
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And when the Nazis rose to power, the Jews were homeless and powerless.
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Mr. Galinsky and colleagues began by asking subjects to either describe an experience in which they had lots of power or a time when they felt utterly powerless.
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Rather they are particular legal concepts manifesting the more general principle that society, having the power to punish dangerous behavior, cannot be powerless against those who work to bring about that behavior.
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Together the powerful spy on the powerless, and they're not going to give up their positions of power, despite what the people want.
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The Communist Party had the power of life and death over Soviet citizens, but they were powerless to revise or repeal the laws of physics or the principles of engineering.
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One senior diplomat said that while Mr. Sharif is a tougher negotiator, he could have the power to implement whatever he agrees to, unlike what this person characterized as a largely powerless Mr. Zardari.
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Yet faced with the deepest slump since the Great Depression, politicians in many advanced economies feel powerless: they have discovered that many of the most powerful tools to alter the distribution of resources power over interest rates, exchange rates, trade and fiscal policy, and the banking system are placed beyond their reach.
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