And as we saw last week with the hostage crisis in Algeria, Islamic extremists seem to be broadening their influence in northern Africa.
As well, nurse's role as largely institutionally confined limits them to supporting patients in their vulnerable states rather than broadening their influence on the development of national policy, foreign policy, labour policy, economic affairs, international peace efforts, and the like.
For instance, newspapers like Haiti en Marche and the English-language Haitian Times, which is based in Brooklyn, have broadened their influence through Internet versions.
But there are harsher explanations, as well — ones that carry meaning for liberals as they try to broaden their influence in this year's midterm elections and beyond.
They said they were already trying to broaden their influence, for instance by deepening their involvement in community groups and spearheading more of what they described as direct actions, like withdrawing money from banks, and were considering supporting like-minded political candidates.
"At the moment I think it's more geopolitical, they want to broaden their (influence in the) region and become a more significant player..
According to the prime minister, "we should remain the closest ally of the U.S., and as allies influence them to continue broadening their agenda".
"We should remain the closest ally of the U.S.," the prime minister told Britain's ambassadors and senior diplomats in January 2003, "and as allies influence them to continue broadening their agenda.
They decide first what they must achieve and then work to manage the external environment tapping into resources, building networks, honing skills, broadening their influence so that, in the end, they meet their goals.
The managers worked to solve actual business challenges facing the company, reflected on their personal leadership styles, and broadened their spheres of influence by meeting other high-potentials within the company.
We may speculate that experiencing high levels of uncertainty, firms might aim to search for new knowledge or broaden their spheres of influence to achieve competitive advantages by establishing undirected interlocks.
