In Bonn the Northern Alliance will face an array of mainly Pushtun groups, drawn primarily from the ranks of exiles rather than from the new power-brokers inside Afghanistan.

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The new generation of patient power brokers sprang from the frustrated mind of CF Foundation President Robert Beall in the mid-1990s.

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Inspired by the CFF's success, patient groups with an entrepreneurial bent have become the drug industry's new power brokers.

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In addition to Mas' party, three other major parties will be closely watched as potential power brokers in the new parliament.

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The Futures Industry Association, a collection of futures brokers like banks and investment houses, complained that the new cme Group could have too much power.

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