Democrats trooped to the floor to ridicule the Speaker Newt Gingrich for allowing his personal anger over a perceived snub by President Clinton to influence his attitude during budget negotiations.
Mr Dumas' trial heard that the mistress, Christine Deviers-Joncour, showered him with luxury gifts, paid for by Elf to win his influence.
When he ceded control of the group, Francis hoped that he could still lead the men by example, but his influence quickly waned.
More than half the 115 cardinal-electors expected to take part in the conclave were appointed by Benedict, suggesting his influence will live on.
His influence has been eroded by the continuing sectarian violence in Iraq.
President Bush might reach out to moderate Democrats by trimming his tax cut and restraining the influence of isolationist Republicans over foreign policy.
However, in that time, Essien had already demonstrated his industrious influence and he further underlined his importance to the Chelsea cause by giving them the lead on the half hour.
Messi's quiet evening wasn't an accident his influence was tirelessly snuffed out by an organized Milan defense.
In an interview last year, he said he was "disappointed" by Tony Blair's failure to use his influence with President Bush more wisely.
Bush's time in the Air National Guard was marked by accusations that he used his father's influence to avoid active duty, and that he failed to fulfill his commitment.
Unlike the leftist public intellectuals such as New York Times columnist Tom Friedman who are celebrated and obsessively covered by the Israeli media, Beck exerts real influence on public opinion in the US. His calls for action are answered by hundreds of thousands of people.
DPJ, its own postal plan would shrink the state's influence even more than his, by halving the assets of Japan Post before eventually selling it.
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His influence, however, is bitterly contested by his long-standing rival, Ahmed Chalabi, another secular Shia with an impressive financial base boosted by contracts from Iran and by the Pentagon.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact about Mr Volcker is that he has spent much of his career dealing with Wall Street without being captured by its influence.
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Mr Reid, by contrast, has spent decades building up his fund-raising and influence networks in Nevada.
Mr Woodhead said he was unable to influence decisions made by the LEA but was impressed with his reception at the school.
Cardinal Ortega and his bishops saw an opportunity for the church to regain influence by helping the government.
Among European leaders, he can continue to promote his leadership pretensions, and mitigate the loss of influence caused by Britain's absence from the euro.
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Mr. Bush has also promised to clear the way for permanent normal trade relations status for Russia by getting the 1974 Jackson-Vanik Amendment formally repealed and to use his influence to secure membership for a free-market Russian economy.
It is worrying in the extreme that the Bush Administration, in which Khan serves as among its most prominent Muslims, is in a position to influence not only assessments of the threat posed by some among his co-religionists but policy needed to address that threat.
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Thompson was genuinely in love with Thailand and its people, but any political influence he may have possessed was lost when Pridi was forced out by his strongman rival, Phibun Songkhram, in 1947.
Mr Putin sees his historic role as rebuilding the ties (and influence) that were broken by the Soviet collapse.
Sullivan notes that offshoring moves by his company and others have dramatically increased the electronics manufacturing base in Asia and that will influence where measurement tools are sold.
Seeking to help donation programs improve and target their outreach campaigns, Anteby and his research team decided to study the individual factors that might influence co-donation by married couples.
There's no doubt that England were lifted by their escape there, and while Ricky Ponting denied that it had a negative influence on his team, it certainly cannot have helped.
Shy of confrontation at the best of times, Mr Abbas does not want to antagonise Fatah people by weakening their influence on the security forces, and Mr Fayyad cannot push reforms through without his backing.
In an interview with CNN's John King, the former president said he knows that the center's dedication will rekindle the debate about his presidency, and he conceded the library is in part an effort by him and supporters to influence history's verdict.
According to a four count criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York yesterday and unsealed today, Dennis Lerner, 59, also violated federal conflict of interest laws by seeking a job with that bank while he was examining it, and then improperly seeking to influence his former colleagues at the IRS in their dealings with the bank.
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Mr Hunt has denied Labour claims they show the firm had a "back channel" of influence to his office but his adviser quit, saying the extent of contact had not been authorised by Mr Hunt.
Mr. Hanna said that after his 18-year-old son was stopped by a trooper last August and wrongly accused of being under the influence, he got CHP officials to participate in a citizens' committee to promote better relations.
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