He may be best-known for defying power, but he's not likely to change the world with an exhibition at Blenheim Palace.
Where Thomas Jefferson spent much of his life defying power, Washington imagined using power to improve transportation, encourage education, develop commerce, establish federal authority and unite the diverse regions of the sprawling Republic into an imposing whole that transcended the sum of its parts.
He was transferred to Allahabad, reportedly, after clashing with an MP over illegal plundering of forests in another part of the state, a common fate for officers who defy power.
Pinker cites many examples of non-nuclear powers "defying" nuclear powers, but it's telling that few if any of them are cases where a non-nuclear power tried to conquer a nuclear-armed state.
France, Russia and China discovered that the most effective way to balance America's overwhelming might was not by defying that power outright, but by channeling it through the U.N.
Mark's Gospel stresses the deeds, strength, and determination of Jesus in overcoming evil forces and defying the power of imperial Rome.
In some cases, groups, sometimes in the hundreds, faced off against troops sent to capture deserters or guard enrollment officers, defying the power of the government.
Mr. Francis, who sees himself as a Larry Flynt figure, argues this is all payback for defying the power structure in Bay County with his First Amendment lawsuit.
Journalism, then, became a vehicle to pursue the kinds of narratives that first got me interested in history: those that question the official story and defy power.
"Journalism became a vehicle to pursue the kinds of narratives that first got me interested in history: those that question the official story and defy power" I never dreamed of being a journalist.
In Asia, America will find it harder to deter China's assertiveness in the South China Sea, which is deliberately intended to display China's growing ability to defy U.S. power in the maritime domain, where it was once strongest.
