But really, they are just enriching themselves, and the drug companies retain influence over them to a remarkable extent".
The meetings, particularly with the Jordanians, were delicate — the King needed to show his subjects that he retained influence over the Temple Mount.
Test setters retain influence over what counts, and there is no adjusting for test-takers' inclination to apply themselves – or not.
Russia has pushed for the federalization of Ukraine, since that would allow Moscow to retain influence over areas in Ukraine dominated by Russian-speakers.
The official said that while Pakistan is tackling the Taliban in Pakistan, it still wanted to retain influence over the Taliban in Afghanistan as a counter to what it sees as growing Indian influence in Afghanistan.
The 2007 promise to restore trust in the office was betrayed by anaemic proposals last year which allowed the attorney to retain influence over any prosecution decreed to affect national security.
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, was scrambling to retain influence over the fractured landscape of the country's centre-right on Saturday, after the man who was once considered his political heir broke with him in a damaging personal and political snub.
For example, it will be tough to provide the security guarantees that American lawmakers will demand so long as the French and German governments retain influence over the combined entity.Both Mr Enders and Dick Olver, BAE's chairman, are confident that they will prevail.
Though insurgent groups lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government, they are heavily funded by the drug trade and continue to attack civilians and retain influence over large areas of the Colombian countryside [2].
