Similar misgivings exist in Picardy, which is to merge with Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and fears being swamped by that region and its politically mighty capital, Lille.
And David, far from being the fearless king who built Jerusalem into a mighty capital, was more likely a provincial leader whose reputation was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling nation.
Whether it is river crossings, because Boris won't take on the boroughs to build the Thames Gateway bridge, or airports, because Boris won't accept that Heathrow is our hub airport, I am constantly fighting the corner of my constituents against the governance of our over-mighty capital city.
ROME — With his country swept up in Europe's debt crisis and his once-mighty political capital spent, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday, punctuating a tumultuous week and ending an era in Italian politics.
As late as 2010 it had a market share by volume in India of 48% (including exports) and mighty returns on capital.
In contrast, the United States, with all its rhetoric, high and mighty goals, and capital expenditures for what seems to be an eternity, generates about 3 percent of its electrical energy from renewables.
In almost any contest for good government, stability or prosperity, Slovenia (under a sort of communism until 1991) looks better than Greece, which invented democracy and was never communist.The thirst for capitalHistorical and geographical quibbles aside, what the ex-communist countries have shared over the past decade is a mighty thirst for capital.
That is reflected in attitudes towards unions: on the continent, it is much more common to see unions cast in the light of defenders of the downtrodden and protectors of workers against the over-mighty power of capital.
Later, he returned to record its partial destruction by the barbaric Prussians who had struck down a mighty symbol of the capital of Saxony.
The reason why they're of such distinct importance in modernity is that the prime arts of the day, with their technological essence, arise on vast waves of capital and mighty exertions and clashes of power; they are, in effect, incalculable luxuries for the many.
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