But this risked turning the Americans in Iraq into lame ducks, devoid of influence as they packed to leave.
Participation in spatial planning across Europe shows disparity between its legislative requirements and implementation, which is usually confined to practices that are devoid of influence in the decision-making process.
The question, however, is whether a style of music that borrows so liberally from ambient, techno, hip-hop and early 1970's Miles Davis can truly be said to be devoid of American influences -- and whether this music even qualifies as jazz.
Archaeological evidence shows that the site continued to be inhabited, albeit by a much smaller population devoid of urban influences.
These features provided us with a model reef devoid of significant influences of microhabitat on disease clustering patterns.
Direct measurement of muscle contractility of the bladder tissue devoid of these influences from the present study provides unequivocal evidence for the rhythmicity of the bladder smooth muscle.
Many Kurds in Sinjar were forced out, leaving the area mostly devoid of Kurdish influence for the next three decades.
And what of the UN and the future of Iraq and the Middle East peace plan, devoid of our influence, stripped of our insistence?
This view led Israel to disregard the citizens of neighboring countries, viewing them as devoid of political influence in the best case and as hostile Israel-haters in the worst case.
Our top leadership needs to restore an environment where each government official, no matter their seniority, can see how his or her work is contributing to a positive mission advancing our country's national security and economic prosperity, and above all, is devoid of political influence where opinions are formed based on alternative facts.
