Sentence examples for power statues from inspiring English sources

In Damascus, although the younger Mr. Assad has sought to play down displays of personal power, statues of his father are everywhere.

In his office, Lipnick showcases another trophy of his power: statues of Atlas, the Titan of Greek mythology who declared war on the gods of Mount Olympus and was severely punished.

Some of the youths even believe in the power of the statues and are said to perform counterrituals to avoid misfortune as they steal them.

The world's dictators have a naughty habit of commemorating their absolute power in monuments, statues, colossal building projects, and extravagantly tacky homes.

The son of a sculptor who worked on Mount Rushmore, Mr. Houser, 63, envisions his monument -- a 36-foot bronze equestrian statue of a Spanish colonizer who founded the first European settlements in the Southwestern United States -- one day towering over the border between the United States and Mexico with the power of the Statue of Liberty.

The power of the statue was so strong that when Chinese troops toppled it, the government felt compelled to broadcast it repeatedly on Chinese television.

However, at the moment of Kenya's achievement of independence from colonial rule, such identities and assertions of power were challenged as statues were removed from the city.

There, he learns that a person named "the Jaquio" plans to take control of the world by unleashing an ancient demon through the power contained in two statues.

Campbell meanwhile projects sheer power like Pygmalion's statue come to life.

The usual regional trappings of power — a $27 million monumental statue overlooking the capital, a new presidential plane, tinkering with the country's Constitution — have not gone down well in a poor but proud West African country used to something better.

Using three small diesel generators fueled from a tank on Liberty Island, a lighting company has devised a makeshift system for illuminating the statue until power is restored on the island, said David Barna, a spokesman for the park service in Washington.