In its annual ranking of the powerful and influential, Vanity Fair seems to imply the latter.
Few positions on Earth are as powerful and influential as leadership of the Catholic Church.
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But what nobody can deny, many believe, is that Mr Kejriwal has shattered an inviolable code of silence, by talking openly about what he believes are transgressions of the powerful and influential, the so-called "high and mighty" of India's intensely unequal and hierarchical society.
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If it can happen to one of the richest, and most influential and powerful people in the world, surely we are not immune.
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Whatever your feelings for Aol, it's impossible to deny the company operates the most influential and powerful stable of technology media brands in the world.
Dr Ouitavon is open about the challenge she faces: "We know from the beginning that those who are behind the illegal wildlife illegal trade are mostly influential and powerful people, " she explained.
Only a judge who is conscious and fully engaged with the reality of how her experiences may bear on her approach to the facts of a case, or sense of social justice, or vision of constitutional interpretation, should be entrusted to sit on the most influential and powerful court in our nation.
But the most charismatic, influential, and powerful body language will always be that which is totally congruent with who you are, what you stand for, and what you truly believe.
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The linchpin of the region is Uganda, with its powerful army, influential president, successful economy and the friendship of Americans and Europeans.
The most influential, powerful technology companies, like Microsoft and Oracle, have created products and locked customers into them, making it difficult for them to migrate.
Rafsanjani, a powerful cleric who heads the Expediency Council and Assembly of Experts, remains an influential figure in Iran.
Both Mr Khakulov and Mr Azizkhojaev belong to influential clans, informal regional groups centred on powerful families.
In addition to prominent bloggers such as Moulitsas and Hamsher, the organization also includes influential liberal political groups such as MoveOn, Democracy for America and the powerful Service Employees International Union.
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