Sentence examples for connected and powerful from inspiring English sources

The turn of events has set off an investigation into whether a politically connected and powerful interloper was able to use his clout to derail the standard contracting rules to benefit his client, as some critics are contending, or whether an intervention on behalf of a worthy contractor prevented the Port Authority from making a mistake, as Mr. D'Amato contends.

The reality is the operation is probably as much about his own credentials as a jihadi warlord as it is about the French military operation in Mali, and a reminder to those who sidelined him in AQIM that he remains a well connected and powerful figure to be reckoned with.

The trial of Mr. Weberman, which began on Nov. 26, was a difficult one because there was no physical evidence; the trial hinged on the credibility of Mr. Weberman, who is well connected and powerful in his community, and that of a young woman who had been shunned for being a rebellious teen.

Kandahar was the birthplace and power center of the Taliban before the United States-led invasion in 2001, and in the years of occupation it has gained strength by feeding off a feckless and corrupt government that has favored a handful of politically connected and powerful tribes.

His plan is a perfect setup for Mr. Gore's favorite pitch that he "fights for working families" while the G.O.P. remains the party of "the wealthy, the well connected and the powerful".

The book reveals that she was in a relationship with Betty Parsons, one of New York's best connected and most powerful art dealers of the time, as well as with other figures in the industry whose support helped to subsidise her before she made money from her art.

Or are the interests of the financial and oil industries just too well connected and too powerful in he halls of government to permit change.

The explosion of data from sensors, connected devices and powerful cloud computing centers has created the Big Data industry.

That fist is a symbol that we are connected and that we are powerful.

There is one standard for hard-working people and there is another standard for the wealthy, well connected, powerful, and, almost always, the big campaign contributors.

Dennis Kelleher, a columnist at The Huffington Post, bannered "First Bank Fraud, Now Political Fraud" and he noted: "There is one standard for hard-working people and there is another standard for the wealthy, well connected, powerful, and, almost always, the big campaign contributors".