Once more Washington is depriving a struggling people of the one powerful asset they thought they had - the moral and political backing of the United States.
Christopher Nolan has himself spoken of his admiration for Kubrick's "trust of the one powerful image", as opposed to the multitudinous shots and frenetic cutting that characterises most contemporary western cinema.
The problem both for the current government and its successor is that the one powerful tool they do have – control over tax and spending – has been put out of action.
Intent upon his own imperial ambitions in Austria, Adolf Hitler had actively encouraged Mussolini's African adventure, and under Hitler's guidance Germany had been the one powerful country in western Europe that had not turned against Mussolini.
The university cleared Dr. Elton after a brief inquiry, but the integrity office played the one powerful card it holds: refusing to accept what it considers flawed or shoddy investigations.
The one powerful factor about currencies -- and even gold -- is that there's a finite amount of it.
