But the measure has aroused stronger than expected opposition in France - a country where the Catholic Church was thought to have lost much of its influence over the public.
Most analysts thought the releases had been timed to influence opinion at the UN General Assembly session in New York.
During the 1996 campaign, Asian Americans had thought that writing a check to a politician was the way to gain influence.
Religious and community leaders were invited to Downing Street because they were thought to have some influence over the zealots.
But even if it remains safely locked away in a computer, it gives pause for thought about the extent to which people might influence the climate with a specific end in view.
Asked if he thought Britain was exerting its influence behind the scenes, Jimmy Carter replied he had seen no evidence of that.
OPEC's spare capacity is now thought to be 1-2% of global demand, well under the 4% that is thought necessary in order to influence prices.
After a million years or so the influence of these large planets, it was thought, caused the fragments to be ejected from the asteroid belt altogether potentially ending up in an Earth-crossing orbit.
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"Sunlight has clearly had a big influence, and Vanguard is the one company everyone thought was probably doing a good job, " says Donald Phillips, managing director of fund tracker Morningstar.
Aside from a child's inherited genetic predisposition to asthma, other factors which are thought to influence whether they develop it or not include the number of brothers or sisters they have, and to a certain extent their diet in the early years.
But there is a growing feeling in the South West that Celtic influence was not expunged and is greater than traditionally thought.
"We thought readers would be interested in knowing not just who in Asia wields the most influence, but the pecking order, " says Staff Writer Jose Manuel Tesoro, who organized this week's Cover Story.
One of the central tenets of this school of thought on organizations is that senior teams and directors have an outsized influence on organizational outcomes.
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Infections are just one factor that researchers are examining as potential players in the growth of prostate cancer, and others--such as dietary choices--are thought to influence prostate cancer risk as well.
The new ranking takes a unique look at a controversial issue: whether having external, visible influence and thought leadership is a necessity for CMO success.
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Knarreborg thought hard about a way that he could create a website that combines complete parity, fairness, diminishes the influence of luck and incorporates all sports.
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"I can't say that I am optimistic for what is going to happen, but I know that to the extent that I can, I will try to influence those of my friends who voted angrily the previous time now to give (it) a second thought, " she said.
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