Novels may exercise immense influence through the acute social criticism they embody, but their impact upon the sensibility and the behaviour of their readers is probably less than that of political prose.
Founding families typically own a small equity stake of a chaebol but pyramidal, cross-holding, and circular ownership allows the family to exercise immense control.
Research on organizations like the WTO show that they allow outside countries to exercise immense leverage on domestic issues -- but only during the negotiation stage.
His reputation long equalled Chaucer's, and his work exercised immense influence for nearly a century.
In particular, his most vigorous supporter is Hidenao Nakagawa, who exercises immense power as head of the LDP's policy-research council.
"On [sic] the dark hours of February 23 , 2015 where he exercised immense belief and strength in the very frontline, we lost Ashley.
Charlemagne exercised immense authority over the Western Church, and the revival of church life produced controversies about predestination (Gottschalk, John Scotus Erigena, Hincmar of Reims) and the Eucharist (Paschasius Radbertus, Ratramnus, Rabanus Maurus).
Alastair Darling, the former British chancellor, also something of a fan, describes her as a "formidable operator" with an unorthodox approach who can "cajole people into agreement" and exercises "immense influence".
The official, Liu Zhihua, 59, once exercised immense power as Beijing's vice mayor and chief director of the agency that supervised construction projects, including the citywide makeover to prepare for the Games.
This exercise requires immense patience.
