"He was a considerable leader of his field," said Dr. Brian Brocklehurst, a colleague of Dr. Porter's at Sheffield.
But with time running short and Mr. Romney holding considerable advantages, the leaders sought to table their divisions and chose, by a wide margin, to support Mr. Santorum over Newt Gingrich or Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
It offers two choices: to endorse the decision, already made by the regional parliament, to join the Russian Federation; or to restore the 1992 Crimean constitution that described the peninsula as a "Soviet State" and gave its leaders considerable autonomy from Kiev — which, given Crimea's pro-Moscow government and the presence of Russian troops, would effectively produce the same result.
Mr. Ahmadinejad's principal rival for power, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian president who was defeated by Mr. Ahmadinejad in the election, continues to hold considerable power as leader of the nation's Expediency Council, which was created in 1988 to help resolve contentious legislative issues.
"The money behind this organization is considerable," said PEI Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker last year, the province where AquaBounty's Canadian subsidiary resides.
Venizelos has won considerable respect among eurozone leaders for his handling of the crisis.
Indeed, such requirements have not obtained universal approval in European churches whose leaders exercise considerable influence within the Vatican.
War can be a terrific business, and Chalabi -- whose access to Washington and to Iraq's future leaders was considerable -- seemed determined to get his share.
For most of the 19th century, a series of Pashtun emirs and kings ruled the country, but tribal leaders held considerable power.
And political party leaders "exercise considerable influence" in the selection of judges, creating at least the appearance of impropriety, the commission said.
