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[Jim David] Adkisson pleaded guilty Monday in Knox County Criminal Court to a deadly shooting rampage at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, the Kingston Pike home of what the 58-year-old Powell man deemed “ultra liberals” and “foot soldiers” for the powers-that-be in the liberal movement.

Man to spend life behind bars for deadly shooting rampage at Unitarian Church 2009

I know the powers-that-be in the Vatican are comfortable with current arrangements, but it would seem that the needs of ministry and the availability of the Eucharist only priests can consecrate the Eucharist in the Catholic tradition should trump everything else.

Maureen Fiedler: The Catholic Celibacy Crisis Maureen Fiedler 2011

Of course we're not saying, but we'll give you a hint, straight from the powers-that-be: Executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman hinted to TV Guide Magazine that "when you hear it, you will say 'oh yeah, that makes sense.'"

Watercooler: Oh Baby! Fringe's Name Game 2011

It was obvious he wasn't necessarily in favor of a softer game, if you will, but Young said of the NFL's powers-that-be: They don't want to see it.

For NFL, stopping concussions means changing the game's culture Michael Wilbon 2010

They also feel rightly or wrongly that they are opening up potential for data misinterpretation and critique from armchair auditors, powers-that-be and the media – not actively driving the agenda until forced to do so helps to minimise what are already very pressured roles in this current climate.

Q&A best bits: data analytics 2011

When will the Republican powers-that-be learn that only Democrats win with 100% negative campaigns?

Republicans Need a Positive Message 2011

It is one year since the powers-that-be in the euro zone crafted a plan to get Greece over a liquidity hump and onto the sunlit meadows of fiscal sustainability.

A Scheme to Make Charles Ponzi Proud Irwin Stelzer 2011

Hylel Belhassen, a 51-year-old insurance salesman, summing up the concerns of some, saying: We're afraid that the president has left, but the powers-that-be remain.

Tunisia unity govt may not satisfy protesters 2011

And the only clue to their identity … two spray-painted letters: N.W. Who are these mysterious young upstarts that have dared to fight the powers-that-be?

Marvel Solicitations for January 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

The group's president, Steve Bartlett, had invited Warren to speak at the meeting before President Obama named her to the lead role in shaping the new consumer agency, before she had an official title, before her words had to be vetted by the powers-that-be in the administration.

Warren extends olive branch to bankers Brady Dennis 2010