The Taliban have always been able to exert influence far beyond their numerical strength.
These days Lo is more likely to exert influence as an active member of organizations such as the Hong Kong Design Center.
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Mr Hain said the report concluded that the PUP had not done as much as it should to exert influence on the groups to end such activities.
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Even when institutional investors like pension funds try to work within the system, using their significant, long-term shareholder standing to exert influence on corporate boards, they have been turned back.
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But if neither side changes its approach, if the United States continues to view any attempt by a non-aligned power to exert regional influence as a threat to be countered and if Russia continues to believe that it has the final say on the economic and political trajectory of its neighbors, then conflict is inevitable.
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Agitators like ACORN are enabled to exert undue influence through fraud and mischief.
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Nor is it clear whether he will continue to exert great influence on Kosovo's nationalists.
The Liberals were in a strong position to exert considerable influence, and yet achieved virtually nothing.
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Many of them are already doing more to exert their influence to achieve a low-carbon world.
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It needs Britain to exert some influence within the process that will define the new Europe.
Both men have been able to exert their influence in economically challenged baseball markets and have experienced varying levels of success.
Even if Democrats retook control of both chambers, Senate Republicans would continue to exert enormous influence as a result of the filibuster.
Others argue that the unrest is a simple matter of criminality, where parents failed to exert enough influence on their offspring, he adds.
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The fact Ronaldo failed to appear during the shootout was entirely in keeping with a performance in which he struggled to exert much influence.
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Gerrard was beginning to exert an influence as Liverpool patiently sought an opening but Pompey's cause was helped by Liverpool's reluctance to commit men forward.
Since his conversion to Islam, al-Mansour has worked closely with a Saudi billionaire anxious to "exert influence in the United States, " Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
Jason Koumas began to exert more influence in midfield and the Wales international forced Reina into his first save of the game in the 51st minute.
Speaking through a translator, the Japanese leader said this was why the United States was pressuring China to exert more influence over its North Korean ally.
British newspapers have reported that the BP-Rosneft deal has raised concerns in Azerbaijan that the partnership would allow Russia to exert indirect influence over its southern neighbor.
Eastmond started to exert more influence on the game and he was stopped short of the line before Lee Gilmour knocked on with the line at his mercy.
Midfielders Gary Dicker and Elliott Bennett had found it difficult to exert their influence on the game and were harried and hustled by a faster and stronger Stoke midfield.
Any new instability in the Pyongyang government also could require other nations to count more on China as an intermediary, while opening the door for Beijing to exert more influence in the region.
Since such an election would be in hardly anybody's interests, General Chavalit seems to be sitting pretty, especially as the army now prefers to exert political influence behind the scenes rather than on the streets.
Shays, McCain and their colleagues argue that as long as corporations and special interests are allowed to donate millions in soft money, the contributors will be able to exert undue influence on important pieces of legislation.
Sometimes he cannot hold back, and it is when Thailand has endured some of its most painful hours that the King has been most visible, "descending from above, " in the Thai phrase, to exert his influence against the chaos and violence that he loathes.
Once Barcelona had settled after the early goal, there was no way back for United as several changes in formation failed to produce a spark and Wayne Rooney was unable to exert any influence on events, first from the left flank and then from the centre.
Among the fund-raising questions considered by the committee were whether agents of foreign governments -- specifically the People's Republic of China -- were able to exert undue influence on the 1996 presidential campaign by finding a myriad of ways to funnel contribution monies to the Democratic Party.
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School boards may come to exert even greater influence over what students read.
Also, the very clear criteria set forth in the Voters First Act minimizes the potential for special interests to successfully exert undue influence over the process.
Lobbyists argue they play a vital role in improving policy and legislation but their critics claim they are hired by companies to exert an unhealthy influence on the political process.
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