In that respect, the recent bank "stress tests" amount to mere window-dressing because, unlike the Fed/FDIC regulatory framework, the ECB is only empowered to supervise financial institutions, not to resolve failed banks.
Mr. Richardson was only empowered to deliver the same message that the administration had said in public: that there would be no negotiations until North Korea halted its two nuclear projects.
They've exacted no price from the Marcy Kapturs of the world, who actually have to care what liberals think of them, and focused instead on anti-choice Republicans who are only empowered by their ire.
The review committee which is really only empowered to look at the spy agency's agencies well after the fact, and has no real power to obtain documents or hold CSIS to account lost two committee chairs in the last few years.
In addition to the accessibility of centrally located maps, the emphasis on these maps being an iterative, rather than a final product is not only empowering to residents, but also increases the relevance of this type of intervention.
That's not only empowering to the bus drivers; it sends a positive message to the consumer as well.
The Libyans deserve more, and are the only ones capable of dealing with Isis – or would be if only they were empowered to do so.
Private sector space tech companies — from Virgin Galactic to Sierra Nevada Corporation SNCC) — have been doing what only government agencies were empowered to do in earlier generations, launch vehicles into space, improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft, and more.
When we laid out our scorecard we discussed South Africa, where some observers were astonished by the generosity and clemency displayed by President Mandela and his government after apartheid ended - only because their Truth and Reconciliation Commissions were not empowered to grant forgiveness to anyone who didn't admit what they'd done wrong.
