Unacceptable to the powers that be, the choice was eventually either give up Simpson or give up the throne.
As a result, black leaders have had more reason to try to get along with the powers that be.
But the powers that be decided Lay should also be tried on the raft of charges that loom over Skilling.
Which is why it is disappointing that the powers that be, both in church and politics, have not condemned Father Jankowski outright.
Who knows how the medical landscape will take shape with health care reform still up for much debate by the powers that be.
Even if the powers that be could agree on a response, it would raise the stickier question of who should pay for it.
It's because of the political and financial powers that be that have a vested interest in keeping the system that we have now.
If the powers that be could have saw the writing on the wall and slowed the bleeding, the program might have been saved.
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There's clearly still plenty of untapped potential in SSD, let's just hope the powers that be figure this stuff out sooner rather than later.
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Your instinct may be to keep your head down, do good work, and hope the powers that be will see the truth in time.
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But Huffington is over on the Powers That Be list, where she and her new boss, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, squeaked in at No. 25.
He is now cast as England's Borromini, too original for his time, while Wren and Vanbrugh play the role of Bernini, favored by the powers that be.
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But this year, the magazine did things a little differently, splitting its pool into three lists: the New Establishment, the Powers That Be and the Hall of Fame.
Gave the lustre of mid-day to the powers that be.
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Immediately that October, Vladimir Putin kicked the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the country for its assistance to political-minded groups that irked the powers that be in Moscow.
Expressions from the King James Bible such as "the powers that be", "the apple of his eye", "signs of the times" and a "law unto themselves" are still part of the English language.
This is the problem with the Nigerian system: a single man makes so much money not because he is hardworking or deserving, but because he is merely connected to the powers that be.
In boxing, driven these days by pay-per-view buys for big fights, the industry powers that be have to be more conscious of delivering value, according to HBO Sports Senior Vice President Mark Taffet.
Sir Nigel argued that governments of all complexions needed to cope with a new environment after the decline in public deference and the decline of the belief "the powers that be" were right.
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Yesterday the powers that be at Facebook pulled down a post from Scientific American, linking to a news story from their sister publication Nature, one of the most highly regarded scientific publications around.
While Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece go through serious structural shifts, the powers that be do all they can to keep Greece in the monetary union and succeed at it, avoiding contagion in larger southern European markets.
The cardinals' decision to pick a man from a diverse and rapidly rising continent sparked hope amongst many Catholics of a new mindset amongst the powers that be in the Vatican, one that takes emerging powers more seriously.
Jesuits know how to tap into the powers that be for financial and political support for their endeavors but use that access to money and power to serve the needs of the poor, the disadvantaged, and the world at large.
The only solution available to the powers that be in Europe is kick the can down the road and the hope that economic growth will miraculously reoccur and save them from actually having to come up with a workable economic system.
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Perhaps the powers that be had read and taken to heart De Soto's classic work The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, in which he discusses how crucial secure property rights are to achieving prosperity.
Also, the powers that be in the NFL continue to enact tougher rules that already have reduced the overall level of violence in the game by helping protect players in the most vulnerable positions from the most debilitating injuries, especially brain damage.
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In that sense, the powers that be have their work cut out for them, with the heavy responsibility of determining what diagnosis to slap on a unique constellation of symptoms that are often only conveyed through words, not pictures or lab tests.
Yeah, there's a cooked Windows Mobile 6 ROM floating around for the now-ancient Apache, but it ain't official -- and let's be honest, there's a good contingent of folks out there that like their updates officially blessed by the powers that be.
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