The revolution of 1789 in theory made the people sovereign yet in practice left power in the hands of an elite ruling in the people's name.
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In practice, the power of incumbents is such that no more than ten, at most, of the 34 races will be close (see map).
Well it's doubtful that France, with its strong Gaullist traditions, will ever surrender sufficient control over budget-making to a centralised extra-territorial authority (Brussels or Berlin, depending on where you think the power would in practice reside).
The bill is intended to stop the large supermarkets' squeezing their suppliers and the Adjudicator will enforce the groceries supply code of practice and will have the power fine retailers that do not treat their suppliers lawfully and fairly.
John McConomy, who runs PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. power and utilities practice, sees a likelihood of a lot more deals like these, although he cautions that the volatility of fuel prices and the involvement of newly invigorated regulators will stymie some plans.
Others feel one must believe in the practice for it to have any power over them.
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Now five years into the Massachusetts plan, Governor Deval Patrick is about to sign into law a far-reaching cost containment bill that will create an 11-member Health Policy Commission very similar to IPAB except that it will astonishing power to control the practice and organization of medicine.
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His latest venture, NantWorks, aims to revolutionize healthcare by bringing the power of supercomputing to the practice of medicine.
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So although we should welcome openness and interaction we have to hope that new technologies will lead to changes in the distribution of power and not merely superficial changes to political practice, just as access to the network and mobile phones are starting to change business, education and forms of social engagement.
Better still, having gained power, Mr Thaksin put his election promises into practice.
In practice, though, deregulation may well improve the delivery of power.
At a debate in New York on February 29th, John Kerry argued that the administration had in practice made a peaceful settlement impossible by giving the opposition a power of veto over its terms.
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As part of the pregame preparation, the team watches video of an opponent's power plays and penalty kills, and then the players practice against those techniques on ice.
First, as leveraging the power and wisdom of the crowd becomes a more accepted practice, companies are accepting that their current employees, recruits, and consumers are demanding greater corporate social consciousness.
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But most of all Brooking wants the FA to be given the power to monitor the entire youth development system and spread best practice and the latest methods from those who can afford to them to those who cannot.
Tri-Amping - A technique commonly used in large-scale sound amplification for concerts, Tri-amping is the practice of connecting three audio amplifiers to a loudspeaker unit: one to power the bass driver (woofer), one to power the mid-range and the third to power the treble driver (tweeter).
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This practice has hidden what would otherwise be much higher borrowing costs and much lower purchasing power for the dollar.
Will Power broke several vertebrae in his lower back in a 2009 crash during practice at Sonoma and missed that event and the final three races of the season.
This is a practice popular among European industrials with many of them producing as much as 20 percent of their power this way.
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