But we can analyze leverage: how power is applied to attain influence.
Initially an actor, Harden founded and edited the weekly Die Zukunft (1892 1923; "The Future"), which attained great influence by tasteless methods.
Disturbingly, Anjem Choudary and radical Islamists have attained the influence they desired to project, a situation which suggests that the radical movement is powerful indeed and if still a splinter, then a very sharp one.
Even by the end of the 20th century, the anti-smoking movement in postwar Germany had not attained the influence of the Nazi anti-smoking campaign.
Attaining true influence requires time and commitment.
The diversity issue opened up a now familiar dynamic in American life: as marginalized groups attain more influence, others feel resentful.
Discussions of masculinity need to acknowledge that a significant minority of men do very well out of the current norms, and they are likely to be the ones who attain wealth, influence and power.
Even in this context, Viereck was an anomaly, insisting on a moral distinction between the moderate and the totalitarian left and, as conservatives began to attain political influence, denouncing what he perceived as the movement's demagogic tendencies.
By April 29th, 100 politicians had responded, including nine candidates for state governor.It has not been easy for NGOs to attain this influence in a country where the technocratic elite used almost automatically to join the government.
People at the company said Mr. Newcomb argued that Simon & Schuster's consumer division was too small to compete and that Viacom should either sell or merge it with another consumer publisher to attain enough influence to compete against larger rivals like Random House or Penguin Putnam.
