On Paris walls in the student upheavals of May 1968 appeared the Sartrean slogan, "Power to the imagination".Besides a weakness for overgeneralisation, Sartre tended to over-empower the mind.
IN the Congressional debate over empowering President Bush to wage war against Iraq, much of the argument centered on which words to use.
They made mistakes, but solved them with the help of "enthusiastic kid voice-overs", which empowered children and helped them feel smarter than the adults.
The Empowerment of the Elderly Act: All citizens age sixty-five and over will empower themselves by paying their Social Security benefits directly from their own savings accounts, instead of having to rely on the uncertainty of occasionally tardy mailings from the federal government.
But it's not just that a near-universal celebrity-driven approach fundamentally changes the nature of people's engagement with causes, or that it over-empowers entertainers.
At this year's camp, Kehli is working with local educators and volunteers to empower over 100 local youth through activities designed to enhance their academic performance, athletic abilities, and artistic talents.
You can see why she would go there – Alex is infinitely fitter after his haircut, and we should say that Jamie comes over as nothing but empowered in that sequence.
He's trained over a thousand business leaders across 14 countries, empowered over 500 students in Laos, Sydney and Toronto, has appeared on Network Ten, in Anthill Magazine and at TEDxTelstraSydney, and is a regular writer for Huffington Post.
