Problematically, the law's most vocal proponent is Rev. Shaw Moore (played by John Lithgow), a man of great influence worried about "spiritual corruption," who literally believes the souls of the town are his direct responsibility.
The Parthian encroachment in an area regarded as lying within the Roman sphere of influence worried the Roman leadership, and was widely seen as a major test of the new emperor's ability.
At a time of rising Chinese influence, they worry that it could be used as a pretext by leaders of other countries to refuse to see the Dalai Lama.
We're used to thinking about political life as a series of battles in which different groups jockey for influence; we worry that these battles are too divisive.
Future research could add to the present findings by using eyetracking measures to explore the influence of worry on maintaining overt visual attention to threat stimuli while they are presented.
But there can be little doubt that Obama's vote — which could not have affected the outcome — was influenced by worry about being branded as soft on terrorism.
(Jackson is sometimes compared to Muriel Spark or to Flannery O'Connor, but the writer with whom she has more in common — and whose influence she worried lay too heavily on her work — is Ivy Compton Burnett).
But even before modeling, I'd been trained by my own cultural influences to worry about my looks and fear those inevitable wrinkles and stretch marks.
However, attention can be consciously directed as well (and emotional interpretations can be consciously endorsed or rejected; Ouimet, Gawronski, & Dozois, 2009): in the present paper we therefore consider both automated and controlled influences on worry.
As mentioned previously, HFS data indicate that previous episodes of severe hypoglycemia, or negative preconceptions about insulin-based treatment regimens, can significantly influence patient worries and behaviors about hypoglycemia, and fear of hypoglycemia has a significant clinical impact on diabetes management, metabolic control, and long-term health outcomes.
