Meanwhile, the Catholic lords attached themselves to the Bohemian court and exercised strong influence on the kingdom's public affairs.
The Presiding Officer said he had had no contact with Mr. Pace, who is viewed as exercising strong influence on Mr. Blake.
Spokesmen for Ayatollah Sistani, who exercises strong influence over Iraq's majority Shiites, said he insisted that the election, planned for June, be a direct ballot and not the caucus-style vote called for in the American plan.
As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Alanbrooke represented the members' views ably and firmly to the prime minister and to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and thus exercised strong influence on Allied strategy.
Ayatollah Sistani exercises strong influence over Iraq's majority Shiites, and on Wednesday his spokesmen said he was insisting that the election planned for next June must be a direct, popular ballot and not the indirect caucus election called for in the American plan.
Spokesmen for Mr. Sistani, who exercises strong influence over Iraq's majority Shiites, said he was insisting that the election planned for next June must be a direct, popular ballot — not the indirect caucus election called for in the already-troubled American plan.
Business families and, in some cases, governments—exercise a strong influence on long-term strategies and investment decisions, which makes it more difficult for a CEO who is new to a company to operate.
The unions used to exercise a strong influence over the Labor Party and still play a disproportionate role in the public sector, where 46% of workers are unionised, compared with only 14% in the private sector.
Beginning in the mid-1920s studieddied movement at the Neighborhood Playhouse (part of the Henry Street Settlement at the time) under Michio Ito and Benjamin Zemach and dance under Martha Graham and Louis Horst, both of whom would exercise a strong influence on Sokolow's work.
