At the same time, many States have begun to feel that the sheer imbalance of power in the world is a source of instability.

It was just sheer terror.

And so what happened was that I started just becoming an editorial illustrator through, you know, sheer whatever, sheer ignorance.

It is a sheer waste of time.

She put two pairs of sheer tights in the suitcase.

This lopsided resolution underscores one glaring fact it is not international law and the Charter of the United Nations that govern the conduct of the Security Council but sheer power politics and the narrow interests of major powers.

The other big dynamic of change is the sheer performance of underperforming asphalt.

The other thing that was so striking was the sheer number of volunteers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it appeared sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it was sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it appeared sheer white to the onlookers.

Then he uncovered his hand and it was sheer white to the onlookers.

But Putinism cannot be reduced to sheer lust for power. Putin knows that Russia s reemergence on the global stage must be underpinned by a counterpoint to American exceptionalism, a national identity based on a distinct conception of history and distinct ideals.

I managed to stick in both the zeppelin and an ocean liner out of sheer enthusiasm.

Do you lustfully approach men instead of women? Nay, you engage in acts of sheer ignorance.

Do you lustfully approach men instead of women? Nay, you engage in acts of sheer ignorance.

While the power to make one s own choices is appealing in theory, the sheer number of options can be exhausting and disorienting not least because of the pressure to make the right choice. As Barry Schwartz has pointed out, choices are an opportunity for regret.

The sheer amount of cocaine on the ship meant they had to be removed by a crane

Vision and strategy are vital for realizing the China Dream, as the country s new leaders are now calling it. But it will take courage and sheer determination to tackle what is perhaps the biggest obstacle of all resistance from deeply entrenched local and provincial power blocs.

Now, the sheer numbers of these hand axes shows that they can't have been made for butchering animals.

But they knew that the sheer length of this journey would stretch their supplies of food and water.

Man They'll get an incredible panorama and understand, I think more completely, the sheer totality of the destruction of the place.

Terrorism is a form of theatre. It invokes its effects not by sheer destruction, but by dramatizing atrocious acts against civilians.

Now as another Sign place your hand under your arm and it will come out sheer white without harm (or stain).

Now as another Sign place your hand under your arm and it will come out sheer white without harm (or stain).

In real, immediate human terms, it comes from fear, from injustice, from a loss of absolute values and from sheer rage.

The Iraq war and Israel s wars with Hamas and Hezbollah show the limits of what military power can achieve, as well as vindicate diplomacy and conflict resolution. When it comes to tackling complex political and cultural conflicts, forging international and regional alliances around a legitimate objective is more important than sheer military capacity.

These changes have transformed not only the traditional structures of power, but also the leitmotif of NAM and the fate of its members. Globalization has fueled ever widening disparities among its members just compare Colombia with Afghanistan, or Chile with Sudan that make it difficult to transform sheer numbers into coherent influence.

On the other hand, the Security Council is at risk of being paralysed by the sheer amount of issues on its agenda.

That is because God is the Truth while anything they invoke besides God is sheer falsehood. God is the Sublime, the Great One.

That is because God is the Truth while anything they invoke besides God is sheer falsehood. God is the Sublime, the Great One.

I'd go to Central Park and see the rolling topography of Central Park come up against the abrupt and sheer topography of midtown Manhattan.

The need for this skill in the face of the sheer quantity of useful information being presented to the United Nations is growing rapidly.

The Government's position is that the information provided by the source concerning the deprivation of liberty of Thich Quang Do is a sheer fabrication.

An interconnected energy system would make particular sense for the UK and Germany, which could use the one hour time difference between them to smooth out the peaks and troughs in demand. Renewable energy production is by nature intermittent, and the sheer number of fluctuating power sources in Germany is already pushing its existing grid to the limit.

At the same time, the dispersion of power, the degree of interdependence, and the sheer dimension of the challenges confronting the world require effective, accountable, and legitimate global governance. The inability to achieve a consensus on acute issues, such as Syria s internal repression, or on chronic problems, like climate change, highlights the (increasing) complexity of global governance and responsibility.

It was an amazingly smelly city. Not just because of the cesspools, but also the sheer number of livestock in the city would shock people.

Local power, central power, now, people power.

Confronted with the problem of bringing about positive changes in a domestic or international environment that seems to defy the power of normal leaders, one looks for new Alexanders to untie the Gordian knot and transcend complexity by sheer force of will and dynamism. For example, structural reforms in Europe are thought impossible to enact unless imposed by some reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher.

We have only to read the newspaper, turn on the television, or go online to appreciate the sheer scale of the need. Conflicts rage in too many places.

Because of the sheer magnitude of the conflict, the Second World War certainly presents a unique case in the study of the effect of armed conflict on treaties.

She's holding back tons of steel with the sheer force of her little personality, in that crone ish voice, saying things like, Back it up, buddy! No, it's reserved!

And this is because the scientific worldview is so much more exciting, more poetic, more filled with sheer wonder than anything in the poverty stricken arsenals of the religious imagination.

Darfur may have slipped from the news headlines, but the killing and displacement there continues as well, and the sheer human misery that it creates is very hard to fathom.

And I remember taking the goggles off my face and looking down at my hands in sheer shock, because my fingers had swollen so much that they were like sausages.