But he said that being the victim of extortion had marked him deeply, paradoxically empowering him as a defense lawyer by helping him to understand the powerlessness of his female clients.
Perhaps most significantly, James was paid by Jefferson for his work — empowering him as a legal participant in the economy — and could spend his wages as he saw fit: on entertainment, gifts for his family, or even on the French lessons he took while in Paris.
As Mr. Boehner digs in for a tense fiscal confrontation with President Obama, the strong embrace from a broad spectrum of the rank and file may empower him as he tries to strike a deal on spending cuts and tax increases that spares the country a recession, without costing Republicans too much in terms of political principle.
Prayuth's proposal to replace military order with Article 44 of the interim constitution would empower him, as chief of the National Council for Peace and Order, to exercise the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government and issue any edict he considers necessary to maintain security and public order.
Like Mr Bones, but on a far grander scale, Minor Watt is both mystery and menace, his acts of wanton annihilation empowering him just as intensely as they alienate those who cherish all that he revels in destroying.
I empower him just as much as he empowers me, and to me, that's what makes a strong relationship.
Chon's case of what this acronym-filled book calls "PTLOSD" ("Post-Traumatic Lack of Stress Disorder") has empowered him to sign on as a private-security mercenary in Afghanistan and to come home carrying the most potent marijuana seeds he could find.
5 The model of high-quality chronic care delivery seeks to promote a fuller understanding of each patient's life and preferences, tailoring care to his or her needs and empowering him or her as a proactive participant in care delivery.
It empowers him to tweet nonsense, as he did during his first official trip abroad: "Just arrived in Italy for the G7.
