• Johnson suggests the CFTC flex its muscle and veto some more commodities.

    FORBES: Some Dodd-Frank Humor

  • Google has dominated online search for years now, and could be on track to flex its muscle both in video advertising and mobile.

    FORBES: Google Could Top $1,000 If Mobile Strategy And YouTube Video Ads Deliver

  • Benghazi, Libya's second city, also likes to flex its muscle.

    ECONOMIST: Libya��s election

  • Its decision not to support the appointment has no power behind it - the mayor will go ahead anyway - but it was a symbolic early attempt to flex some muscle by Labour, who boosted their presence on the assembly from eight to 12 in the recent election.

    BBC: Boris Johnson quizzed by London Assembly

  • While Fox would love to see their first-party solutions become second screen mainstays, it acknowledges that cable giants are likely to flex their consolidating muscle.

    ENGADGET: The state of the second screen: Will TV companion apps proliferate or dwindle?

  • Seattle continues to flex its tech muscle, and REITs, in pursuit of rising property values and rental rates, continue to invest in income-producing properties there.

    FORBES: Five Builders And REITs For Real Estate's Rebound

  • If the U.S. government no longer affords dual capacity tax treatment, we can expect China to flex even more muscle, as Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil are left on the sidelines.

    FORBES: Obama Policy Hands China Global Energy Supremacy

  • The new Nikon 1 V2 offers various shooting modes and controls that will help photographers flex their creative muscle while providing new ways to be expressive in still images and HD videos.

    ENGADGET: Nikon 1 V2 unveiled: 14.2 megapixel ILC shoots 15fps stills for $899.95 in November

  • His speech to Congress, at the invitation of the Republican majority, had been welcomed on the hawkish Israeli right as an opportunity for the prime minister to flex his political muscle in an American domestic context.

    ECONOMIST: Israel and Palestinian unity

  • But don't look to his hotel's sports book for the truly offbeat wagers, such as whether the first touchdown will be celebrated with a spike, muscle flex or a signing of the ball with a Sharpie.

    FORBES: Gambling

  • And while the Court has often been accused over the years of being too timid in asserting its power, there is little doubt when the justices choose to flex their judicial muscle, the results can be far-reaching.

    CNN: The U.S. Supreme Court: How it works

  • Back on the field, fans can make prop bets on the first touchdown celebration--will the first player who rumbles into the end zone mug for the cameras with a spike, a backward flip of the ball or a he-man muscle flex?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • New York's burgeoning technology sector wants to flex its newfound political muscle in this year's mayoral race, the first since digital companies coalesced in the city.

    WSJ: Giving Politics a Hack

  • And Taproot is also launching the Pro Bono Pledge, a web-based advocacy campaign to enlist professionals to donate their talents through the Taproot Foundation and, more importantly, to flex their social entrepreneurial muscle, help build pro bono programs, and challenge their professions to adopt pro bono service as a core value.

    FORBES: Professionalizing Pro Bono Volunteering

  • His allies are looking to the next election as a crucial moment for him to flex his political and financial muscle.

    WSJ: Mayor's 2014 Gun Push

  • He also built out his magazine publishing empire with titles that included Shape, Men's Fitness, Flex, Natural Health and Muscle and Fitness.

    CNN: Fitness pioneer, Schwarzenegger mentor Joe Weider dies

  • Another problem with EMG prosthetics is that patients literally have to retrain their brains to make new associations between muscle movements and their outcomes a shoulder flex could become a grasp motion, for example, while a twitch of pectoral muscle in the chest may extend the artificial arm.

    ECONOMIST: Rewiring nerves

  • Holding the tablet or computer too low, especially on your lap if you are sitting on your bed or a couch, can flex your neck forward leading to potential muscle strain.

    FORBES: Five Tips to Reduce Neck and Shoulder Pain When Using a Tablet or Computer

  • It is a strange and slightly ghoulish idea, because it means that if a patient tries to flex his missing finger, for example, a muscle in another part of his body (which is now connected to the nerves that used to control the finger) contracts instead.

    ECONOMIST: Rewiring nerves

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