The National Rifle Association, founded in 1871, 80 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, began to wield power by amplifying its members' fears of being disarmed in lawless times, and it used that energy to influence gun legislation in Washington.
In his own words, the purpose of the bill is that the McCrory administration should "begin to wield its power right away".
All eyes are on how quickly he'll begin to wield his new powers over city government.
And there seemed to be a general denial, suggested Barthélémy Courmont, a political scientist, of what is a common analysis, which is the inexorable weakening of American global influence, as countries like China, Brazil and India begin to wield greater regional and economic power.
JULIA KIRBY: That's excellent advice for how somebody really on the lowest rung of the ladder can start to accumulate some power and then begin to wield it.
So when Madison Nguyen, a 35-year old liberal Democrat, was elected to the San Jose City Council in 2005, many observers said it signaled a sharp shift away from exile politics for a growing immigrant community that was beginning to wield political power both locally and nationally.
Shareholder activists have become more prominent, institutional investors have begun to wield more power, and intermediaries like investment advisory firms have greatly increased their influence.
For so long Murdoch, 75, has been accused of wielding power without responsibility; is he beginning to wield responsibility without power?
It was only later in the regime, when the terrorist group al Qaeda and foreign agents had begun to wield most of the power, that the anti-art policies were established and many of the most beautiful things in the country, some 2,000 national treasures, were wantonly destroyed.
The rise of YouTube, MySpace and the like give a taste of the power amateurs are beginning to wield in the creation of content, out of the control of the current titans.
Outside financiers are already beginning to wield their influence.
