The program paid the International Business Machines Corporation $35 million to build a network powerful enough to serve a small city.
In many ancient cultures, human sacrifices were placed in the tombs of powerful people to serve them in the afterlife.
High-end laptop computers, the kind that are powerful enough to serve as desktop computer replacements, are getting fancier all the time.
Cellphones Aloft In a separate launching, NASA sent three smartphones into orbit last week, hoping to see if the technology inside them is powerful enough to serve as the core of future low-cost satellites.
"Long-term-care workers work hard, and they need a powerful union to serve their interests," said Tim Jemal, chief executive of a public affairs firm and a former spokesman for the local.
If confirmed by the Senate as the next chief of the Federal Reserve, Janet L. Yellen would be the highest-ranking woman ever in an economic policy-making position in the United States — and one of the most powerful women to serve in American government.
"Folks would like to say that it is all 'merit' or that it is all socially constructed by powerful actors to serve their own interests, but the data at least these data can't answer the question.
Whether it be funding, opportunities to pilot new technologies or other public/private partnerships, governments have a powerful ability to serve an important function in the flourishing of an innovative ecosystem, especially while external investors gain confidence in it.
"Vonage and NewVoiceMedia share a powerful vision to serve businesses with cloud communications that connect employees and enable personalized conversations with their customers and prospects," Fois said in a statement.
Our stories, however, are powerful enough to serve as a bridge.
At the end of season four, she shifted from the endless victim, constantly passive and being tossed about by powerful men to serve their plots (and hence not so interesting to watch), to a strong actor in her own right.
