As GuocoLeisure, part of his sprawling Guoco empire, approaches the end of a controversial takeover of a controlling interest in Rank Group, Quek has finally secured his long-held ambition to win a powerful position on the other side of the UK's roulette tables.
"A new, re-elected SNP government will be in a powerful position to secure passage of the referendum, having successfully mobilised the people over the blocking tactics of the unionist parties".
The fact that Facebook now has well over a billion users puts it in a powerful position to influence vast numbers of people.
Yet the move could also put it in a powerful position to shape the future of mobile devices, which are eclipsing PCs as the center of gravity in computing.
Furthermore, principal investigators (PIs) who serve as postdoctoral preceptors are in a powerful position to emphasize the importance of acquiring these professional skills.
The company had revenues of $92 billion last year, and it is taking an early lead in the 5G wireless standards race, which could give it a powerful position to shape the future of connectivity in the years to come.
Chemistry is in a powerful position to enhance the capabilities of DNA nanotechnology.[ 1, 2] DNA origami offers rationally designed nanoscale structural frameworks,[ 2, 3] yet chemistry can advance them by adding tailored functionality through the selective modification of nucleic acids with chemical tags.
After the 1920 U.S. Presidential election, President Harding appointed Forbes director to the newly created Veterans Bureauu, a powerful position in charge of millions of dollars in government expenditures and supplies.
The MySpace brand is global and occupies a powerful position in the mind of hundreds of millions of people.
For Mr. Komorowski, the party's victory is also personal; local experts say he is likely to rise to marshal of the lower house — a powerful position similar to that of speaker of the House in the United States — or possibly become foreign minister.
