Well, global warming is happening and it has a pervasive influence on all aspects of weather.

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McCain-Feingold was based on the pervasive influence of television advertising on electoral politics, the idea that commercials are somehow unavoidable in contemporary American life.

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Mr Biedenkopf mainly because he believes Mr Kohl's all-pervasive influence in 15 years as head of government has drained the Christian Democrats of intellectual vitality.

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He was keen neither to let his old sparring partner Mr Scharping keep his parliamentary stronghold, nor to let Mr Lafontaine extend his pervasive influence there too.

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Nor will elections alone: indeed, Pakistan would perhaps be more Islamist but for the pervasive influence of its most undemocratic force, the feudal landlords, who keep rural mullahs in check.

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By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of rap while seizing on its pervasive influence as an art form to prove what a terrible effect it has on youth.

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Many of those countries were part of the Ottoman Empire (between the 13th and 16th centuries) and were thus strongly influenced by the Mughals, originally from India, who brought with them a pervasive Muslim influence, tempered by the artistic traditions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

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Hong Kong sets the bar for China's culture vultures generally, and its gustatory influence is pervasive.

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And the influence of money has been more pervasive this year than ever before.

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