Neville has a knack of acquiring influential acquaintances, and is also close to Dale Vince, the former New Age traveller turned eco-centric industrialist who is bankrolling Forest Green Rovers' attempt to be promoted into the Football League.
His successes may have been small and his audiences far from friendly ("So many people don't like my work!" he wrote in 1943. "It's a wonder to me that I am even the 'Best Known of the Unknown Playwrights'"), but from the beginning he was winning awards and acquiring influential support for his talent..
Eunuchs often acquired influential positions administering wealthy Muslim households.
Mr. Thaci has played a prominent role in Kosovo, and his supporters and associates acquired influential positions of power after Serbian forces withdrew in June last year.
Adam's political stance allowed him to acquire influential patrons such as John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, and Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, who, besides being his clients, attempted to secure government positions and contracts for him.
Zuleika Dobson was published in 1911 by William Heinemann, and quickly acquired some influential admirers.
Last year, AOL acquired the influential technology news blog TechCrunch for $25 million to supplement its technology coverage, which already included the blog Engadget.
"I would like to lead a fan-based initiative to acquire an influential shareholding in the club.
The company's then chief cybersecurity officer, Tom Kellermann, told the FBI and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper about a burgeoning Russian intelligence operation aimed at acquiring compromising information about influential Americans.
The largest company, the Madeira Wine Company (whose Blandy's, Leacock, and Cossart Gordon labels have the widest distribution in the United States) was acquired by an influential port conglomerate in 1988, and in 1991 Vinhos Barbeito, a medium-sized shipper, formed an alliance with a Japanese distributor.
Although barriers to STI testing among young people, such as shame, embarrassment, anxiety 17 19 and lack of symptoms, 20 21 have been identified previously, there is a lack of evidence to support the role of the actual testing service as an influential factor for acquiring an STI test.
