For better or worse, the agreement reflected the still-potent American influence here, despite assertions by some that the United States was losing sway to Iran.
It has a preference for soft power, and mild assertions of influence.
"If the C.F.T.C. brings this enforcement action, Mr. Corzine would welcome the opportunity to litigate this matter in an impartial venue, free from politically influenced prejudice and unfounded assertions, which have been frequently repeated despite the lack of a factual basis," Mr. Goldberg said.
The degree to which actors are able to influence these knowledge political assertions and assignments, we term informatics discretion, relies significantly on their participation, capacity and expertise in the types of information and communication modalities at issue (Elwood 2010).
This paper primarily examines whether the proximity between Islamic and modern Western philosophy of art implied by Pamuk is [End Page 563] really possible, or whether Pamuk's assertions are instead influenced by the twentieth-century Western philosophy of art, including the ideas of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jacques Derrida. Merleau-Ponty and Jacques Derrida
One point to note is that whilst these studies cited various reasons why BRICS countries sought influence, very few developed those assertions into cogent analysis.
But some of the book's most intriguing assertions concern the permeating influence of the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.
These factors would have influenced the results with regards to assertions around MDR-TB transmission.
The findings of this study support previous assertions that service-learning positively influences student academic achievement.
In addition to Lakoff and Johnson's assertion that a metaphorical framework influences how concepts are understood, a related though contentious literature argues that physical states directly influence how abstract metaphors are understood.
We have found limited evidence to support the assertion that germline genetic variation influences outcome after a diagnosis of breast cancer.
