Mr. Chafee's death in 1999 sharply reduced the influence of this faction, Mr. Jeffords said, but he had hoped that the new balance of power in the Senate after the 2000 election -- 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats -- would give them leverage again.
But the influence of that faction persists.
Under the pressure of political events, this group became convinced of the need to support a strong monarchy that could resist both Ultramontane and Huguenot excesses and the divisive influence of noble factions.
This scenario prevents a family of honest and hard-working people from educating their children away from the influence of criminal factions, who intimidate, co-opt and exercise an unfair advantage over any lawful activity.
Well-disposed toward his subjects and interested in the conduct of foreign policy, Louis had not sufficient strength of character or power of decision to combat the influence of court factions or to give the necessary support to reforming ministers, such as Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot or Jacques Necker, in their efforts to shore up the tottering finances of the ancien régime.
But the other things—sexual harassment, scientific fraud, overpowering principal investigator personalities, the influence of different factions within academia and politics—all do happen.
So it would not have been in any way surprising had the influence of this powerful faction been brought to bear against his being given any pulpit within the state of Vermont".
And it reflects the waning influence of the nationalist faction that had been led by White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon, who was ousted Friday but had advocated a retreat from long-standing alliances and expensive commitments overseas.
There is, of course, some weakness to attributing the commissioning and re-commissioning of the monument to Albizzi or Medici intrigues, as only two (maybe three) of the eight operai on July 13 , 1433were members of the Albizzi faction and only one was a Medici when it was resumed on May 18 , 1436 yet the influences of both factions doubtlessly did not require blood relation.
