Guaidó appears to have powerful friends — the U.S., Canada and prominent powers in the EU like France, Germany and the U.K. have all lined up behind him.
From its earliest days, when Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company tried to use its technology to dominate the new industry, the most prominent powers in the movie business have been singled out by government trust-busters and weaker, independent rivals.
Intervention is a function of the distribution of international power and the self-interest of the prominent power-holders.
Developments in the EU and German chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to make the country a more prominent power have boosted interest in German among students.
On one side was Robert S. Bennett, one of the Beltway's most prominent power brokers and among the most recognizable faces in the room.
Then, financial disputes between his uncle, Charles, a prominent power broker in state politics (he was briefly imprisoned in 2005 for skirting campaign contribution laws and other violations), and his father, Murray, led to a litigious feud.
The takeover of a prominent power company in New York by a foreign operator comes at a sensitive time, given the strong political backlash over a Dubai-based company's plans to take over management of terminals at six American ports.
In many ways, Mr. Lipton's various roles show the deep intertwined roots between the board of the stock exchange and some of Manhattan's most prominent power brokers.
Officials say prominent power brokers or their associates under consideration for government positions include Hajji Muhammad Moheqiq, a warlord from the Hazara Shiite minority ethnic group, and aides to Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, the Uzbek commander whose soldiers were accused of killing Taliban prisoners of war in 2001.
The DSSC based on TDPP1 shows prominent power conversion efficiency about 4.81%, which is higher that for TDPP2 (3.42%).
Iginla is considered to be one of the NHL's most prominent power forwards.
