Mr Jakes's message of self-empowerment, cribbed now by most aspiring Kenyan evangelists, may even make a political impact.

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Some mullahs have been copying the sales pitch of the Pentecostalists, but with an emphasis on Muslim ascendancy rather than self-empowerment.

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By introducing a little high-tech, stores can simulate the control and self-empowerment men crave after a long day of PowerPointlessness.

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That was what it took for women's tennis to begin a 40-year journey of self-empowerment that has created a generation of sporting millionaires.

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While Rent the Runway does exhaustive quality control to ensure the absolute perfection of their rental inventory, their product is as much an about self-empowerment as it is about a physical product.

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Steven and Margret are unlikely friends, living and working half a world apart, but are united by a common desire to facilitate all of the good things people are doing in the world to build self-reliance through financial empowerment and education, and in so doing, they are leaving their marks on the world.

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That led Gurung to think about women's empowerment, all the way to women he read about from the Ukraine who are coming together in self-defense against human trafficking.

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