Americans believe that the individual can influence the future by personal effort, but since there are too many variables in the distant future, we favor a short-term view.
What's more, he brings with him the ability to seriously influence the future all-important global debate on making the banks safe, because he is the chair of the Financial Stability Board - the senior worldwide financial regulatory body.
But with the threatened creation of a new lobbyful of Labour peers, the Lords' future ability to influence the government looks in question.
The minister said that at the heart of the new contract would be a requirement to engage with the local community to help shape and influence the future of cross Forth transport.
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The Chicago Council survey found that when asked about the present and future global influence of eight big countries and the European Union, most Indians see America as the most influential both now and in 2016 (India came second).
The telecoms firm said the results would influence its future plans on where it deploys the technology.
"Blizzard really created the model for how to do this successfully and effectively, making sure the community of 'World of Warcraft' players has incredible influence on the future of the product, " Kotick said.
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The question is whether the shadow system will influence traditional banking in the future.
The Make it So: Learning from Sci-Fi Interfaces panel at SXSW looked at how science fiction might influence the future of design.
But these forecasts are often badly done, or worse, done with a purpose to influence the future while pretending to be predicting it.
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The terms on which Mr Blair returns to office will influence the Tories' future as well.
But shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said he believed a commitment to stage an in-out referendum at some unspecified point in the future was "bad for the UK's influence within Europe".
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"I hope these students will have an influence on the future of China, " he says.
"I hope these students will have an influence on the future of China, " Yau says.
Not to engage now would be to deny themselves any influence over the future of North Korea.
New entrants are now knocking elbows with entrenched insiders for influence over the future of nuclear fuel and the market where it is bought and sold.
He made sure that the meeting was on his territory, in his office, where he could feel comfortable and he could utilize the power and prestige of the -- of his office, the greatest influence on her future testimony.
"There is a huge potential prize out there for the UK if only we focus our attention and influence in any future negotiations on the positive things that really matter, " he said.
Ultimately, by working with my ESOL students, their families, the community, the union, and the school system, I have the opportunity to influence the lives of these young children, our future leaders.
Nobody knows for sure how the federal fiscal crisis might influence future defense spending.
Many will be looking closely at his writings in the Public Library of US Diplomacy - and what they find may influence how he is portrayed in the future.
While the scientific opinions of an obscure legislator from rural Georgia may seem of little import, he is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and therefore has an outsized influence over how we invest in the future.
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How do we unleash the innovative genius of the Y-Generation and what influence does this have on the development of our future workforce?
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Opening the debate, government defence spokesman Lord Astor of Hever defended the review saying the decisions taken would allow Britain to maintain its strategic influence and provide the capabilities required for the future.
Kubrick had the opportunity to create a fantastic new future which, being realised in decor, could influence the present.
For its part Syria is striving to obtain international recognition for Hamas in the hope that it would grant Damascus a position of influence in any future diplomatic process thanks to its close relationship with the Palestinian group.
"The influence of Islamists on the future politics of Libya has been blown out of proportion by the media, " he said.
This is an epic decision that will influence court decisions in the future, both in the federal courts and on the state level.
What they decide will greatly influence Iranian cinema in the future.
Additionally, this allows employers to negotiate much lower wages, demand relaxation on restrictions that are meant to decrease future public liabilities and weaken the influence of labor unions, all for the sake of more jobs.
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