"There are certain lobby groups, fan bases let's say, for organ music or guitar music or British music".
"AARP has developed a certain lobbying position," said William Novelli, an associate executive director of the organization and a possible successor to Mr. Deets.
Does it believe the regulation is making life harder for startups vs tech giants — as is sometimes suggested, with claims put forward by certain lobby groups that the law risks entrenching the dominance of better resourced tech giants.
The reform negotiations also attracted a great deal of attention from lobbyists, including deals between certain lobby groups and the advocates of the law to win the support of groups which had opposed past reforms, as in 1993.
The interests of certain lobby groups, certain pressure groups, certain political forces and certain foreign States are so great that it is easy to understand their desire to ensure that there is an official, unilateral version of this part of history.
This revelation follows in the footsteps of the FBI's myopic decision last fall to cut off relations with the largest American Muslim civil rights organization, Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) - undoubtedly a move influenced by certain powerful lobby groups.
Some of Gazprom's biggest clients, locked into long-term contracts, are major German energy firms and they are also certain to lobby Berlin against elements of the energy union.
Even with the high-level agreement, it will take years to put in place, and companies that benefit and have structured their business to comply with the laws in place today are all but certain to lobby to retain these advantages.
Northern Rock's shareholders are certain to lobby him night and day for a "fair" financial settlement, though given that the bank was about to fail until the government stepped in, zero compensation would arguably be fair enough.Nationalised firms in the past were often hurt by the government's refusal to let them take commercially sensible decisions, especially laying off workers.
Hotel chic has reached a fever pitch, with shoppers buying napery and drapery from hotels like the Ritz-Carlton and the W. Now there is another way to bring the aesthetic experience home: The Four Seasons is offering flower-arranging classes to guests who want to achieve that certain hotel-lobby insouciance-in-an-urn.
