Grundfest used Massey Energy, which operates mines throughout Appalachia, as an example of how shareholders can exert power on a company through corporate governance.
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He added that a vibrant agriculture system would result in a surplus of food, allowing the societal leaders to attract outsiders to the area and exert power.
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Their counterparts on the left, the Center for American Progress and the Brookings Institution exert significant power over the electoral process.
If we are serious about helping people exert more power over the state, we need to give them the information to do it.
Two unions, the teachers and prison guards, exert overwhelming political power in their own interest.
They exert double purchasing power on both their own needs and those of their companies.
"The resultant four national players would continue to exert weak pricing power, " says a new Deutsche Bank research note.
But culling the herd is slow and difficult, partly because state franchise laws protect the country's 21, 640 car dealers (who exert much political power in state legislatures).
But they exert a voodoo power over politicians: last month the Daily Mail ran a campaign urging tighter controls on the use of plastic bags and Mr Brown instantly signed up.
During his visit, Karzai sought support and reassurance from Mr. Bush, who in turn wants Karzai's government to exert and extend its power.
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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"I have no doubt that the men and women working at the power plant are indeed going to exert every human effort to make sure that they resolve this, " he said.
But unions also exert top-down influence and wield a great deal of power, regardless of the good intentions of most of their members.
It is disconcerting to realise that, as power drifts to Brussels, the levers do not exert as much force as they once did.
At its best, the battery is rated to last 3.7 hours -- not bad for a 13.34 8.39-pound system -- and you can exert some control over the runtime by selecting from one of four power modes using an analog dial.
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They're getting a little, you know, power they feel they have over themselves in their lives and they exert that.
Organizations need its leaders to want to exert command and a degree of control but it is imperative that leaders cede power to others if they want to get anything done.
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