However, the true source of authority at any point in time only uses these structures as conduits for the leaders of the dominant member firms to exert control over weaker firms.

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Meanwhile, government retains its dominant influence in society via its control of licenses.

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The move reflects the Commission's continuing frustration with the EU's telecommunications market, where liberalization may exist on paper, but where competitors are still having trouble breaking into new markets because the incumbents remain not only the dominant service provider, but also control the infrastructure and networks which competitors must use.

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One could cut government spending to the bone, but government regulatory control over many economic sectors would remain the dominant modern reality.

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Nevertheless, most other countries remain unpersuaded, and arrived in Tunis to assert more governmental control, if only to minimise America's dominant role.

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Choosing a dominant chair may be the most effective way for a leader to control the agenda or dominate the meeting, but it also stifles collaboration.

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Barking is still his dominant tic, but when he was the age of his campers, he wrestled to control several others, including eye blinking, teeth chomping and arm twitching.

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The visiting forwards, without skipper Marco Wentzel who was ruled out with injury before kick-off, were dominant in the opening quarter as they kept the ball tight and looked to have the game under control.

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