No diplomat could match that kind of influence.

Their dominance and influence are no longer unquestioned.

Unfortunately, there is no country in a position to influence Iran to the extent that China can influence North Korea.

Since the farmer cannot influence the weather, there is no moral hazard.

And in my mind, I realized as a surgical pioneer that the purpose of my position of influence was surely to speak up for those who have no influence.

Having failed to provide effective assistance, the West is no position to exert much political influence.

The girl has no influence and only got a thousand followers, why would she be interrogated!

At first this had no influence on the use of the arms of the former Republic.

Fifth, we are a fragmented society which consumes goods only. We have no international impact or influence.

Unlike majority influence, minority influence can rarely influence others through normative social influence because the majority is indifferent to the minority's perspective of them.

France s loss of influence in Europe is no longer at stake today, because the notion of influence presupposes that the overriding preoccupation of EU member states is to advance their own national interests.

And as I read that, I looked at it, and I thought, you know, what this is saying is that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

There was an internal hierarchy in the women's wing of the SS, which had no influence on the male troops, although the titles designated to the women sometimes had an influence upon the owners.

And there is no other economy that comes close to Germany in size, influence, and economic and financial health.

The book s title refers to Japan s plan to say no to US military influence once Japan controlled key military technologies.

Unfortunately, most people who will be affected by it almost the entire world will have no influence on the outcome.

Arab artistic influence in Sicily mirrors the Lombard influence in the Mezzogiorno.

We influence our friends who in their turn influence their friends, meaning that our actions can influence people we have never met.

Open list systems, where voters have influence on the order in which a party s candidates are elected, provide no such guarantee.

On the other hand, some quantities have no influence on the predictions, so that we can save resources at no loss in accuracy by relaxing some of the conditions.

Minority and majority influence combined There is evidence to suggest that it is possible for minority influence and majority influence to work together.

The group's influence on comedy has been compared toThe Beatles' influence on music.

Trading in influence

No part of the world shares more values or has a greater capacity to influence American attitudes and power than does Europe.

That world, however, will be one in which Israel can no longer count on feelings of Holocaust guilt to influence major powers.

Advocacy strives to influence a program or policy either directly or indirectly therefore, the influence is being evaluated, rather than the results of that influence.

With no salaries to pay teachers (or even the security services), his ability to influence even his own presidential guard was severely limited.

America is no longer the protector or model that it used to be, nor is it alone in terms of influence and power.

A conservative ruling party with deep religious roots is content to leave religion to private observance, with no direct influence on public policy.

We can influence behavior.

They will lose influence.

Indian influence will no doubt exploit assets less available to others, particularly the Indian diaspora in countries like South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria.

The legislature s role and influence in these three countries also vary. In Tunisia and Egypt, authoritarian regimes allowed no political space for dissenting voices.

The Ottoman Empire, however, no longer posed a serious threat to Russia, however, and had to tolerate an increasing Russian influence over the Balkans.

With influence must come accountability.

Factors that influence health conditions

Finally, just as Iran faces no China an outside player with considerable domestic influence North Korea faces no Israel, a neighbor that believes its security could depend on an act of military pre emption.

Earlier this year, they staged partial, and tightly regulated municipal elections, with no independent opinion permitted to influence when and how the ballots were held.

Comment by the Administration. The Tribunal has no influence over the selection process by which its judges are nominated and elected by the General Assembly.

There is no doubt about the importance of the Court's decisions and its influence on the development and implementation of the norms of international law.

Social influence was present in both groups, but was stronger in the group that was exposed to both the arguments (minority influence) and the knowledge that the jury conformed (majority influence).

But the rapprochement itself is, of course, mainly the work of Ariel Sharon, whose influence is by no means diminished because he is in a coma.

Under this system, voters can only vote for political parties as a whole, and thus have no influence on the order in which candidates are elected.

Others state that there is no democratic value in freeing them from their voters' influence, and that such freedom would expose them to bribery and such.

Finance shapes power, ideas, and influence.