On joining the union he remarked, 'I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field' (Einstein, 1950).
Bucer personally took responsibility for attacking these and other popular preachers to minimise their influence and secure their expulsion and that of their followers.
Families of the Lebanese hostages have long called on Turkey, a close ally of the Sunni Muslim rebels in Syria, to use its influence to secure their release.
Aside from a small set of regulations, our government has very little influence over how companies secure their technology against cyber threats that may affect every citizen and hence national security.
Most importantly, its affiliates are believed to secure their stations through sorcery, whereby members use the acquired blood in sacrificial rites to secure or enhance their positions of influence.
And mainstream Taliban leaders have yet to embrace talks, seemingly willing to bet that they can secure both influence and territory on their own terms.
They contended that the two men played on their influence to secure permits for their deals.
While the bill has few overt critics, it may encounter resistance from Congressional insiders who have used their influence to secure projects back home.
Senator Charles E. Schumer, the New York Democrat, said yesterday that he had spoken to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell "to get them to use their influence to secure Lockheed the contract".
Nevertheless, the unique issues facing candidates in Alaska, which is both heavily dependent on federal subsidies and fiercely independent-minded, leaves November's race between Sullivan and Begich looking like one of the closest in the country, with both parties emphasising their ability to secure influence in Washington.
Saif al-Islam is the ultimate bargaining chip for Zintan, keen to secure maximum influence in the new government above other regional claimants.
