When relations between China and the USSR broke down in 1960, Gusev (like many other Soviet artists) returned to Russia; but a number of Russia-trained dancers also returned to China, fortifying the influence of the Soviet ballet style.
Today, stereotyping evangelicalism as a whole only fortifies the influence of the political right on a movement that has a much more varied history.
Those present experience, as spectators, the fortifying and beneficial influence radiating from the sacred acts.
Is the war really just buying these folks time to fortify their positions, economically and influence wise, for what comes next?
"There's not some drunk yelling out 'Heat Wave' when you were singing 'Heart Like a Wheel.' " In conversation Ms. Ronstadt's migraine-inducing intelligence can ricochet in a heartbeat from the long-chain amino acids found in nopal juice, used by traditional Mexican builders to fortify plaster, to the musical influence of Jiminy Cricket ("his falsetto was a killer").
Armed with such a confession, the sogra can inform her son, often initiating a break in relations between the young couple or even catalyzing divorce proceedings, thus fortifying her own position of influence with her son.
They fortify a strong but perhaps overlooked influence in spite of the fact that the Japanese were strong on line, and Weir's Impressionism tended to blur line.
So building and maintaining goodwill with alumni can fortify the company's reputation, brand, and influence.
HAWKS on both sides of the Pacific greeted the Obama administration's decision last month to fortify, rather than throttle back, America's vast influence in East Asia as a defining moment in a looming confrontation between the United States and China.
Now it has several fortified partners motivated to test the limits of their influence over the energy market in ways they weren't when the Obama administration was playing that role.
He also fortified his eastern border by arranging marriages for his sons that extended French influence over the county of Burgundy and by exerting his authority over the city of Lyon.
