Of course, it's also a powerful device of potential dissimulation, but the simple spoken word has, since the dawn of time, also been a sufficiently potent means for spreading lies, as is writing and printing.
Piranesi's engravings were such a potent framing device for the cultural imagination of the 18th century that the actual ruins had to compete with them.
The critic adds that the blackface makeup "becomes a potent theatrical device" and concludes that the production is a "dark, demanding staging that speaks all too clearly to our time".
Staggered boards have been criticized by some corporate governance experts as potent antitakeover devices.
Some in the government would like to relax the belt a few notches.In this section All the right noises On the road The real scandal Fiery orange glow Belt too tight Wilting greens Beach party ReprintsCreated in 1955, London's green belt is one of the world's most potent planning devices.
Giving a narrator the freedom to beam up stories from anywhere in time and space is a potent and liberating device for an artist with a strong vision and tight focus.
Quietly armed with small but potent news gathering devices that can tumble candidates, brands and CEOs in a single news cycle.
The device was potent, with a yield equivalent to more than ten million tons of TNT, but it wasn't a bomb in the practical sense: clocking in at eighty tons, it couldn't be dropped from a plane.
Consider the politically potent makers of medical devices who have used a plethora of flawed contentions to persuade almost all Republicans (and quite a few Democrats) to try to repeal a small tax levied on their products.
Size reduction of neural electrodes is essential for improving the functionality of neuroprosthetic devices, developing potent therapies for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, and long-term brain computer interfaces.
