Little does it understand how scant was the power its ministers actually wielded from their offices.
Every primitive war toy is wielded, from battle axe to spear to blades of all sizes; even a pack of wolves is dispatched.
So we went to bed, assaulted by sleep that fumed at us from medicine glasses, or was wielded from small sweet-coated tablets — dainty bricks of dream wrapped in the silk stockings of oblivion.
And it remains to be seen whether Bannon can wield from the outside anywhere near the influence he commanded when his desk was a few feet from the Oval Office.
The many disparate regions of this vast archipelago, previously subservient to the central government's whims, now hold all but a handful of the powers that used to be wielded from Jakarta.The army, which formed the bedrock of Mr Suharto's regime, is back in the barracks, although never far away.
(Bhashyam also observes that "only when there was unwanted media and public scrutiny were any real measures taken").. Still, a related and far more problematic issue relates to the control that Kalanick has wielded from the outset.
The sheer scale and volume that these players wield from their first mover advantage in the world's most populous country means they enjoy efficiencies in branding and marketing through lower media costs and through word-of-mouth marketing, as well as logistics and sourcing through preferred rates and stronger bargaining power for warehousing and shipping goods nationwide.
It is time to replace hierarchical structures, and their power wielded from the top down, with horizontal structures, where people learn to identify and solve problems together.
These disciplines have facilitated the enormous and powerful technologies we now wield, from splitting the atom to our emerging mastery over the very fabric of life.
She has turned shyness into an art form, wielding power from the shadows.
