Those among believers who understood Islam as an inner journey towards God gradually distanced themselves from the world of power and politics.
Those fights are about power and politics, not science and medicine.
Schiller (and doctored history) are also the basis of Verdi's "Don Carlos, " but Verdi and his librettists took a much deeper look at the intersection of love, power and politics than Donizetti did.
Global criminal activities are transforming the international system, upending the rules, creating new players, and reconfiguring power in international politics and economics.
Social media has the potential to disrupt existing power balances and influence politics.
We are left with a tug of war and power politics over FTT.
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It comes ahead of the publication of new research on Monday which suggests that women's access to power and representation in politics in the UK is declining in relation to many other countries.
Weekly columnist Larry Bell is a professor at the University of Houston and author of Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax, which will be released on Jan. 1, 2011.
Larry Bell is a professor at the University of Houston and the author of Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax, which will be released Jan. 1, 2011.
Although the U.S State Department subsequently implemented a special immigrant visa program for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, the creation of this class of refugees is a testament to the power of language politics, and an example of the fallout from American insufficiencies in this area.
In 2000, McCain railed against corporate power and the influence of lobbyists and money in politics.
Given the sport's huge popularity, whoever controls it has always had power and a platform for politics.
"Of course everyone is entitled to a peer group that they enjoy, " Burk, who is also the author of "Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Power, Politics, and the Change We Need, " said.
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The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations by Lee Smith, is a unique and vital addition to the current debate on the Middle East because rather than interpret the Arabs through the ideological lenses of the West, Smith describes them, their cultural and political motivations as the Arabs -- in all their ethnic, religious, ideological, national and tribal variations -- themselves perceive these things.
Has it found a potent combination of anonymity, technology and community that has the power to change lives, influence politics and shape the media landscape?
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Every year, more and more women ascend to positions of power in business, media, politics and the nonprofit world.
Frans De Waal: " Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes", Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Kirkuk is probably the most volatile city in Iraq because of its mix of politics and power and resources.
But the symbol of Germany as a stable economic power extends out of politics, and is further illustrated by their domestic soccer league, the Bundesliga.
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Meanwhile, the chess pieces of politics, power, and warfare are all moved about by powers outside of the scope of any one man, or general, or king.
Kipling came to prominence after the adventurers and privateers who had built the British empire (he himself never heard a shot fired in anger) and before the naked power-politics of the mid-20th century (he hated Nazism).
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.
This new focus of power at the heart of Israeli politics and society is hardly mentioned in the book.
Like many a president, Mr Obama took office vowing to transcend Washington's tribal politics and neuter the power of special interests.
The two presidential hopefuls, who decry the influence of money in the political system and the power of "special interests, " say they believe that politics is a "noble profession, " and they talk about their desire to run "different" campaigns that avoid "negative attacks" on their opponents.
So that gives you a sense of where the politics is and where the power is.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair credited Reagan with influencing U.S. politics and ending a global power struggle with the Soviet Union.
During the interview she shared some unexpected leadership tips that have helped her power through difficult situations and have prepared her for politics on the world stage.
However the distancing of the institution from political power has its uses, since politics is divisive and coalitions are inherently unstable.
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Mr. Khan's PTI, which has never been in power and says 80% of its candidates haven't run before, rejects the "politics of roads" and pledges to clean up the country's notoriously corrupt political system.
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