Not only has it shrunk in size but also in importance and in influence.
As businesses close it is the Camorra with its cash that grows in influence.
In parts of Iraq much of that has since changed as religious groups have grown in influence.
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What Oprah lacks in social media prowess (she ranked 13th on our list) she makes up for in influence.
O'Connor's unique personality slowed the decline in influence of New York's Catholics.
This is a marketing tool that will grow in influence over time.
Samsung, LG, Toshiba and Sony were all influential during CES, though it was Broadcom that exhibited the greatest change in influence score during the show.
It is growing in influence around the world.
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What London's mayor might lack in power he perhaps gains in influence, given his ability to appoint key board members to the agencies that keep the city running, including the Metropolitan Police Authority and Transport for London.
If there's anyone who ranks second to Fry in influence, it's Florida State's Bobby Bowden, who coached at the school from 1976 to 2009, and whose progeny includes South Florida's Skip Holtz and Texas's defensive coordinator Manny Diaz.
To see how important national reach has been for the Times, one need only contrast its fortunes with those of the Washington Post, a paper that once challenged the Times in influence and prestige but is now much diminished.
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So if these long-term trends continue, women, who are already the majority of car buyers, will grow in consumer influence in every major area: from health care to home buying, from technology to investment planning.
In industrialized nations undue influence is often legally exercised by powerful private interests, which in turn influence the nation's regulations, policies and laws.
The French take a special interest in protecting their influence in Lebanon, a former colonial holding.
China has a long-standing interest in extending its influence in Africa.
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The good news is that many countries are increasing the number of women in positions of influence in hopes it will lead to improved conditions for females nationwide.
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The election pits supporters and loyalists of both men in a fight for influence in the parliament.
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In any event, its influence in Africa is still growing fast.
"Ted Kennedy was a true and constant friend of the peace process in Northern Ireland whose huge influence in engaging the United States in that process cannot be over estimated, " he said.
Usdaw hopes that its members will have more of a say in company affairs and that more non-Usdawites (who make up just under half of Tesco's employees) will want to join the union in order to increase their influence in the company.
Although they signed a regional security plan designed to cover the next five years, some may have wondered, as do other Central Asians, whether the Russians may not be exaggerating the dangers of Islamic insurgency in order to regain lost influence in the region.
The move marked a further decline in the influence of the once-mighty metalworkers' union.
If more countries are participating in science, we are also seeing a shift in global influence.
But life throws a lot of curve balls, disrupting our world in unexpected ways, resulting in new influence hubs.
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They are intentionally acting in concert with U.S. adversaries in an effort to challenge American influence in the region.
On the positive side, recent elections showed that there has been a decline in the influence of overtly Islamist parties.
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