The remarks by Mr. Mikati in an interview were a clear signal of an independent path that he hopes to chart in a country reeling from its worst crisis in years and navigating a new alignment of power in which Syria has emerged again as powerbroker.
But the end of ideology is the ideology that supports the alignment of power that takes place behind the talk.
This alignment of power could have implications for land-use decision making, transportation planning, and regulatory activities at a regional level in ways that affect ambient air quality in different neighborhoods (LaVeist 1992 , 1993 Morello-Frosch 2002; Morello-Frosch et al. 2001; Pastor et al. 2001).
Measures of organizational complexity included number of stakeholder groups involved, their degree of alignment, degree of power, and the degree of effort required to achieve alignment, with point scores escalating accordingly.
It was Arthur Pendragon's destiny to take on this grotesque alignment of state power and property rights.
All electoral polling points to a major shift in alignment of political power both nationally and in state capitols across the country, although not, perhaps, a Republican takeover of the US Senate.
China had taken centre stage.For China the purpose of the G20 summit in London on April 2nd was as much about nudging into place a new alignment of global power as it was about solving the world's economic problems.
To apply two pillars of a framework (38) for global priority of health issues to a national stage, the alignment of actor power – the strength of those concerned with the issue, with the political context, enabled the political acceptance of the National Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan.
Peace was made but in such a way as to isolate Britain in Europe, and for almost 30 years the country suffered from the new alignments of the European powers.
When the plant was started up for testing on schedule in October, the 14-ton vacuum tanks crept out of alignment because of the power of the magnets, and had to be fastened more securely.
