We encouraged them to tap into their own beliefs and experiences and, in turn, Catholic voters in Albuquerque felt empowered to not only vote their values, but to share those values with others.
Readers should feel empowered to not only join the conversation surrounding the news, but also join in the collaborative effort of telling the whole story.
We've also learnt about the intrinsic democratic nature of crowd funding; where audiences are created, cultivated and empowered to not only choose the projects they want to see made, but also to become part of the making process.
Mr. McKinnon is working with the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard to propose a primary debate commission for 2016 that would be empowered to authorize only certain debates.
According to the law governing dietary supplements, the F.D.A. is empowered to act only in cases when it identifies a harmful or adulterated product that is already on sale.
Under the provision, a special military court -- staffed by military lawyers appointed by the secretary of defense -- would be empowered to review only legal issues, not the validity of a defendant's sentence.
Still, Vatican officials bristled at the Americans' sharp words, insisting that its nunciature, like any other embassy, was empowered to deal only with the host country and would violate international law by handing over the general directly to the United States authorities.
(Convergences tend to bog down, as delegates are empowered to vote on only those decisions their affinity groups have already made, which means many trips back and forth to discuss new proposals).
Kim Joyce, whose rented bungalow has three sides shredded or gone, said someone from the Federal Emergency Management Agency stopped by Thursday but was only empowered to search for bodies, not to offer help to survivors.
But they were only empowered to do so after one of the country's most famous female anchors filed a lawsuit.
