• Mr. MEYERS: Well, I suppose the simple power of the theme and the idea that a man who is weak and poor and old, and has gone through tremendous physical hardships, including having his hands sort of torn up by the rope and the struggle, does in fact endure, and prevail, even though he's lost what he's fought for, because the sharks have eaten the marlin.

    NPR: The Enduring Depths of 'Old Man and the Sea'

  • John McCain, Goldwater's successor both in the Senate and in spirit, remember Goldwater as a unique figure in American history: a politician and military leader who did not fall victim to the power of his position, but a man who stood by his principle and his party.

    CNN: America Says Farewell To Barry Goldwater

  • She has said the charges of abuse of power are a tissue of lies, inspired by the man she helped oust in 2004, Viktor Yanukovych - who returned to defeat her in the 2010 presidential election.

    BBC: Yulia Tymoshenko, file pic from January 2010

  • Droukdel saw him as a loyal counter to the growing power of a rival jihadist commander, Moktar Belmoktar, the man who ordered the hostage attack on the Algerian gas plant in January.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Otherwise, the emerging narrative of a down-to-earth man, thrust into power but mostly indifferent to the trappings of his position, driven by a special concern for the poor has proved especially encouraging to many frazzled Catholics, especially as, in a cynical time, it just may turn out to be the tale closest to the truth.

    CNN: Pope Francis: A conservative who sides with the poor

  • Some of the questions direct to the candidates yesterday came from the public, including a man in Utah who asked about the power of prayer.

    NPR: Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Debate in Iowa

  • Ashour believes the recently announced candidacy of Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former vice president and head of Egyptian intelligence, may galvanize the nation's revolutionary and Islamist factions to work together to prevent a return to power of the man who is seen as the essence of the old regime.

    CNN: Row over Egypt's new constitution reflects wider tensions

  • One reason for this shift of power is the simple wish of an elderly man to enjoy life a bit.

    ECONOMIST: South Africa

  • "The Fisherman of Pont-Sur-Seine, " exemplifies the power negotiations between a man and wife, says Mr. Dubin.

    WSJ: A Fresh, Frisky Look at Medieval Times

  • In the 19th century, Turkey was a European power (Nicholas I of Russia dubbed it the sick man of Europe, not of Asia).

    ECONOMIST: Turkey and the EU

  • It is also about the power of curiosity, which can drive two guys to wander the world to find out about a man whose music they love.

    ECONOMIST: A strange and lovely story of ambition fulfilled

  • The council does not have the power to force either man to resign, even if the motion is backed by a majority of councillors.

    BBC: West Mercia PCC Bill Longmore 'will not resign' from office

  • But these were not the words of a man about to give up power.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | Eyewitness: Dialogue in the desert

  • Clearly, Jerry Seinfeld was right: the Man of Steel's most compelling power is a super sense of humor.

    WSJ: The Superhuman Appeal of Superman | By Will Friedwald

  • This is not a man who is uncomfortable with the trappings of power.

    ECONOMIST: Barack Obama��s first 100 days have already begun

  • The Newcastle youngster's crunching tackle on France's Emile Ntamack, a man who dwarfed him, epitomised the bravery and power of England's display.

    BBC: Woodward hails gutsy conquest

  • Mr Trimble's most dangerous internal opponent is his own deputy, John Taylor, the man whose vote of no confidence destroyed a previous power-sharing agreement and unseated a previous Ulster Unionist leader, Brian Faulkner, in 1974.

    ECONOMIST: Trimble��s gamble

  • And he urged Tony Blair to set a date for his departure, to end speculation about it and ensure a smooth handover of power to Gordon Brown, the man widely expected to be the next Labour leader.

    BBC: Activists' gloom over by-election

  • He was honored as a wise man, but he remained outside the halls of power.

    NEWYORKER: Getting Real

  • What Post and I wanted to know: How was a man in the twilight of his celebrity--whose power peaked two decades earlier--managing to pull all this off?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Islanders failed to score on their first three power plays of the game, running their dismal record in the series to 1 for 14 with a man advantage.

    WSJ: Islanders Even It Up

  • Some 700 homes on the Isle of Man have been left without electricity after high winds brought down a number of power cables.

    BBC: Landslip body found as weather bites

  • He is Beppe Grillo, a comedian, a man who eschews the TV stations, relying instead on the internet and the power of the streets to spread his message.

    BBC: Little sign of Europe's depression lifting

  • It's a chance to check out the latest devices and products and, more important, to "touch" Steve Jobs-even if only by viewing him on a giant screen-the man who democratized technology by putting computing power in the hands of ordinary people.

    FORBES: Cult brands

  • It led to a series of power plays, including two-man advantages for both sides in the second period.

    WSJ: Yale Wins NCAA Hockey Championship

  • Patsy McGlone of the SDLP referred to the recent earthquake in Japan, and asked about a discussion paper on the Sellafield nuclear power station in Cumbria prepared by the Irish and Isle of Man governments.

    BBC: British-Irish Council Environment Meeting

  • But the trio has yet to score a power-play goal in a combined 96 minutes of time on ice with an extra man.

    WSJ: The Rangers Are Being Overpowered

  • The last time the Rangers had a top-10 power play was 2006-07, when they scored on 18.5% of their man-advantage situations to rank eighth.

    WSJ: The Rangers' Power Is Out

  • The storm knocked power out to thousands of homes in Texas and Oklahoma and was blamed for the death of a 21-year-old man whose SUV hit an icy patch on Interstate 70 in northwestern Kansas and overturned Monday.

    NPR: 2nd Winter Storm In Days Blasts Central US

  • Coleridge believed (if such a searching and puzzling mind can ever be summed up), that all creation, especially man himself, was suffused with God, and that imagination was a function of the divine power, a recovered memory of a higher state.

    ECONOMIST: English poets

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