Sentence examples for defending power from inspiring English sources

As Rome evolved from a conquering to a defending power, the cohort was increased to a field strength of 500 600 men.

After she entered German politics in 1990, winning election to Parliament and an immediate seat in Chancellor Helmut Kohl's cabinet, Ms. Merkel absorbed important lessons about gaining and defending power, and making the media her friend.

"He goes along," Mr. Tsvangirai said, "pretends to be a gentleman, pretends to be accommodative, pretends to be seriously committed to the law, and turns around, sending people, beating up people, using violence to coerce and to literally defend power for the sake of defending power".

There is also nothing new in American history about the police force also being an instrument for protecting and defending power relationships, some of which are unjust.

But this makes it much harder to hunt hackers and defend power grids and other infrastructure against online assaults.

But this makes it harder both to hunt hackers, and to defend power grids and other infrastructure against online assaults.

With no obvious borders for states to violate or defend, power in cyberspace is at once easier to exercise and harder to maintain, a battle of subtleties rather than hard-nosed deterrence.

It is crucial to get prepared to defend power systems against such attacks.

Strong spoke for the majority, upholding the government's power to enact legal-tender legislation and defending such power under the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution.

A wide variety of other loyalist forces and intelligence units have also been tasked with defending the power base of the regime.

"John was shaped by working at the White House, where you develop a mind-set of defending Presidential power," the lawyer who worked with Roberts in the Reagan years said.