Sikkim's cultural life, though showing strong Tibetan influences, retains a character derived from the various tribes of Sikkim and their pre-Buddhist customs.
Victims of the atrocities carried out in the 1980s fear the latest decision highlights the considerable influence retained by Ríos Montt, who was once feted by the US president Ronald Reagan as a "man of great personal integrity".
Meanwhile, the influence retained by Mr. Akikusa — still widely viewed as the company's most powerful board member— has been perhaps one of the most puzzling elements of Fujitsu's story.
Broadband for America has taken a bipartisan approach to winning influence, retaining Democrats like former Congressman Harold Ford, and in previous years, SKD Knickerbocker, the political consulting firm led by President Obama's former White House communications director Anita Dunn.
Despite the allegations of human-rights abuses and corruption, Mr. Suharto escaped prosecution, evidence of the influence he retained long after he was forced from power.
The results indicate a positive influence of retained austenite on cavitation resistance, whereas the exact opposite holds true in the case of hydroabrasion.
This gives greater influence to retained participants who were most like those not followed.
The sounds have house music influences while still retaining the big electro riffs.
In these and other respects, you saw how the school, like any other, absorbs outside influences while retaining its own hallmarks.
The pair's graffiti has absorbed international influences while retaining its own edge, proof that you can do your own thing and get it right.
What most subcultures want, after all, is to expand their influence while retaining their identity.
