To avert Chinese dominance, the US has already started to build countervailing influences and partnerships, without making any attempt to contain China.

And I just saw the power of the image.

State building in Lebanon will require strong UN and EU support, and the courage to curb Hezbollah s influence.

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After the Roman Empire began its influence in the area in 63 BCE, Gaza was rebuilt under the command of Pompey Magnus, and granted to Herod the Great thirty years later.

You have more influence than some of us who are Democrats do.

He had extensive influence in the United States.

They will lose influence.

Trade relations provide another all important lever.

Indeed, the influence of outside powers remains a central part of the equation.

But its influence is more commercial than political.

The Senoussiya is identified with Libya, where its influence is substantial.

What's in your hand? You've got identity you've got income you've got influence.

The Avars had arrived in Europe in the late 550s.

Many of these, however, have little reach beyond Kabul.

The movement s influence within the judiciary ensures that its members transgressions remain unchallenged.

But America s dwindling leverage cannot match the influence of the region s axis of evil.

In 2008 2009, the influence of the G 20 grew, at the expense of the G 8.

They use the scent to mark herd territories, which range from 75 to .

And there it was, the seat of human consciousness, the powerhouse of the human body, sitting in my hands.

Given China s expanding global influence, the renminbi s emergence as a new international currency is inevitable.

The deterioration of Saudi Arabia s political influence has contributed to a growing sense of national decline.

Lincoln also presided over the expansion of the federal government's economic influence in several other areas.

He opposed his father's political beliefs, and complained of his lack of influence in government.

The growing influence of non Afghan elements in the security environment is of particular concern.

Nonetheless, almost two decades of economic stagnation have eroded Japan s regional clout.

Labor market liberalization, globalization, and unions declining influence have exacerbated these employment trends.

Russia s economic influence in Afghanistan is far less robust, but it is growing.

The IMF s influence dwindled, and he resigned in 2007 for personal reasons.

They reject the principle that there is a law which is superior to presidents, magnates, majorities, or mobs.

After the Second World War, the Americans and Soviets exerted their influence whilst the volume of oil tanker traffic intensified.

It also encompasses the significant influence of the wealth holders on the political process and the aims of economic policy.

It was a period of violence and political turmoil with strong foreign influence exerted on Iraqi politics.

The fight led by the United States, with the rest of the West providing lower key support has weakened Al Qaeda s influence and capacity. But it has also been an enforced detour from the vital diplomatic task of building new rules and institutions for an interdependent world.

However, this city was blessed in the late 1990s with a highly influential mayor named Enrique Penalosa.

Where J J basically is tapping into the power of mommy bloggers, allowing them to basically create a forum where they can communicate and they can connect.

Recent events in the Middle East and Central Asia, for example, clearly reflect the decline of US influence.

So Polish influence in Union councils is at rock bottom.

The best example of this is energy policy and Russia, which wants a sphere of influence around its borders.

Today, US power in the Middle East is at its historical nadir, and Russia is seeking to fill the vacuum.

Some observers cite these episodes as evidence of decline in America s international clout.

It is a type of share taxi system but without timetables or government influence.

Supervisors sit on the town board, where they preside over town board meetings and vote on all matters with no more legal weight than that of any other board member (no tie breaking or veto powers).

Despite its growing ties with Venezuela and efforts to coordinate energy policy with natural gas rich countries in North Africa, the Kremlin has no aspirations to rebuild Soviet scale influence in Latin America, Africa, or Southeast Asia.

I asked a forester high powered, paper qualified expert I said, What can you build in this place?