The resources at the disposal of recipient households make them powerful agents of economic development.
He hired Rose, one of the N.B.A.'s most powerful agents, in October 2005, when he joined the Knicks.
For almost two decades, she was one of the most powerful agents and most commanding hostesses in Hollywood.
He continues to attack the clinic and other powerful agents in the county in the newsletter he himself publishes.
As the union prepared for that critical session, its efforts were being potentially undermined by a group of powerful agents.
Mr Bremmer predicts a "pushback" against such powerful agents from governments, and volatile market and policy consequences.
Mourinho has been aided in this by Jorge Mendes, his representative and one of the world's most powerful agents, with an extensive network of contacts.
The report, in pointing to new threats to traditional news sources, identifies the smartphone and social media as the most powerful agents of change.
Mr. Leibner is one of the most powerful agents in television news, with clients including Diane Sawyer of ABC and Dan Rather of CBS.
But history and the art market are powerful agents, with their own agendas, and, as this show proves, their operations can be instructive.
Individual citizens are powerful agents of change, but communities, businesses, the state and the federal government will need to do their part".
