• Most small and a goodly number of midsize states wouldn't want to see their relative power diluted, so such an amendment would have little chance of ratification.

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  • Nobody could have foreseen such a simple game retaining so much power in the market three years after its initial release.

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  • Mr Fleetwood said that if corporation tax in Northern Ireland is to be cut, Westminster must give the Executive the power to do so, and that such powers of "fiscal flexibility" could let Stormont "vary other taxes".

    BBC: Cut in corporation tax 'could cost NI ?280m', PwC says

  • Gems level up and their requirements increase as they grow in power, so an intelligence based skill such as Cold Ring will have to stay at a low level in order to be usable by a strength heavy character, but technically all classes have all skills open to them .

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  • With the increasing popularity of cable-free charging pads that allow devices to soak up juice from a mat (or even a pillow), the Wireless Power Consortium is lobbying to standardize such systems so that any phone can access any charger.

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  • The power needed to run such a small chip is so low that it could be done off stray light in a room, or even body heat.

    FORBES: BET ON THE HARES

  • Accusations fly about special banking deals for supporters of the ruling Democrats - Tarrin is a key party fundraiser - although such charges are routinely hurled at anyone in power, so closely are politics and business entwined in Thailand.

    CNN: Inside Krung Thai

  • Greenpeace argues that CCS will never be competitive, since other low-carbon technologies, such as wind power, are already cheaper and becoming more so as time passes.

    ECONOMIST: Carbon capture and storage

  • The mortgage crisis that has sapped the strength from once-hot home builders and banks has left the earnings power of tech companies such as Apple and Google untouched (so far).

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But so long as BigLaw remains a professional sector that wields such enormous economic and political power, it is a mistake to urge women lawyers to give up the fight for parity there.

    FORBES: A Plea To Women To Stay In 'Big Law'

  • With a barrage at least a decade away from generating power, other environmental groups question whether spending so much money on such a long-term project is the best way to address climate change and rising carbon emissions.

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  • Doing so will help provide much needed certainty to invest in capital-intensive projects such as power plants that operate for 40 years or longer.

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  • What this says is that the State of Wisconsin can sell or contract out management of state-owned heating, cooling and power plants without the requirement that bids for such a sale or leasing be solicited so as to maximize what the government can pocket through such an arrangement.

    FORBES: A Secret Deal Between Gov. Walker And Koch Brothers Buried In State Budget?

  • Other issues, such as tax reform to close loopholes, have simply been abandoned because they seem so impossible given the power of lobbyists and campaign contributors who lurk on K Street.

    CNN: Why can't Obama reform government?

  • It has told countries that promised to hand dirty power plants all the permits they needed for years to come that they could not do so, because such pledges might undermine any chance of introducing a tougher regime after 2012.

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