Nokia's dream phone of the future may at the moment be nothing more than a few plastic mock-ups and a lot of imagination, but it clearly has a powerful sway over the researchers who conceived it.

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The ditch cleaved frogtown into two realms, and two powerful spirits held sway, one on each side.

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Calling themselves the "Dragonfly Army, " after Mr. Sukrit's nickname, Chinese fans have also teamed up with their Thai counterparts to form powerful online voting blocs that sway the outcome of Thai entertainment awards.

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In that vacuum, large, powerful Palestinian families have stepped in and hold increasing sway, especially over security matters.

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One of the most powerful union leaders at a time that unions wielded a great deal of sway over elections -- and were notoriously tied to organized crime -- Hoffa was forced out of the organized labor movement when he was sent to prison in 1967.

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But the point was a powerful one, at least within the GOP caucus where Norquist and the anti-tax absolutists held sway for years.

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