The notion that we could mend some of the tatters in the modern social fabric through an initiative as modest as a communal meal may seem offensive to those who trust in the power of legislative and political solutions to cure society's ills.
In the meantime, it is up to us to continue to hold those in the halls of power accountable for results and not just party orthodoxy, and to expose ourselves to people outside our handpicked inner sanctums, ideas and opinions outside our own ideologies, and even news sources different from our favorites (unless you're a regular CNN viewer, of course).
Robert Guei still commanded the loyalty of some sections of the army, particularly those recruited during his period in power - some of whom were thought by journalists in Abidjan to be involved in Thursday's fighting.
But every election, regardless of who wins and who loses, is a reminder that in our democracy, power rests not with those of us in elected office, but with the people we have the privilege to serve.
All journalists have the right to raise questions of those in power, whether politicians, Treasury Secretaries, banker CEOs, hedge fund managers, or tech CEOs.
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What was also conspicuously absent was the voice of those in power who can turn these ideas into policy in nations that need the solutions most.
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Moreover, they were able to get members of their team bought in to the power of achieving those goals.
Most of his own followers, including those in his church, hate the idea of power-sharing.
For history tells us that the American Revolution was a radical departure from the normal state of affairs in which those in power determined the common good, and individual liberty by necessity had to yield to the needs of society.
So I think the best way to do that is for Vice President Suleiman, as the head of this process representing the Egyptian government -- is to expand the size and scope of the discussions and the negotiations with those that are not in power, and to take many of the steps that we outlined yesterday, one of which is lifting the emergency law.
But our confidence in the integrity of those with power is at an all-time low.
And the result was a national agenda too often skewed in favor of those with the power to tilt the tables.
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We got to check out those 14 lumens of projection power in a dimly lit room, and came away with a pair of impressions.
"If you really believe in what we did these eight years, you do not have to be in a position of power, in government, to advance those causes, " he added.
While ethics are debated, scientists like him forge on in their labs, pushing the boundaries of what is possible and waiting for those in power to decide what is permissible.
Buffett also said he wanted to be on the "radar screens" of family-owned businesses in Germany, especially those with strong earnings power over a long period of time.
While Le Matin points to a low level of involvement by Algerians in party meetings as being indicative of a "socio-political rift between those in power and the citizens".
Scarcity is a powerful force and it leaves those in control of limited resources wielding great power.
One jaw is the reduced spending power because of those cuts in government grants and the general condition of the economy.
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Over time, this will alter the balance of power in those countries.
He talked about the power of faith to help correct those faltering steps in life when someone finds themselves incarcerated and thus paying the penalty of being too far on the wrong side of the law.
Google, which uses enormous amounts of energy to power its data centers, locates those parts of the business in areas like Washington's Columbia River hydroelectric grid, where juice is cheap.
It has been less successful in reducing the monopoly power of those firms.
His principal aim was to hold the line against all those changes in the 19th century that threatened the power of his own class, the territorial aristocracy.
Unless companies, governments and individuals do something, the internet we know is likely to become ever more restricted - taking choice and control away from users and putting more power in the hands of those who would limit access to information.
Most of those without electricity are in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where power generation is about a tenth of where it is in other poor areas.
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Many of those still without power are in hard to reach places.
The cloud storage service just resolved two of those common power user gripes in one fell swoop through an update to the desktop client.
The inquiry, which is looking at press standards and the relationship between journalists and those in power, was launched last year in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World.
And you do it all because you believe in the power of development to make America stronger in the world and improve the lives of those less fortunate.
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