The result is an unevenly paced muddle, with adoring voice-over testimonials about Mr. Swift's influence, old film footage, some direct narration from Mr. Swift (the best and most informative part of the show), impressive skill and high enthusiasm from the dancers.
Swift was influenced by Isaac Babel when he was younger, and kept a photograph of the Russian writer on his desk.
A huge band gap tuning and low temperature transport phenomenon in highly transparent antimony doped tin oxide thin film (Sb SnO2) under the influence of swift heavy ions irradiation (SHII) is reported.
Haavelmo "had a swift and path-breaking influence" on the new science of econometrics with his probability theory, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in announcing the award.
While many applauded Swift for using her influence for civic engagement, there were those who belittled the pop star for speaking up.
Among his influences are Swift's A Modest Proposal ("anger well managed") and Mafeking Road by the South African humourist Herman Charles Bosman ("he understood how ridiculous and hypocritical we are").
Lattner's page also hints at the influences behind Swift, which from most outsiders' perspectives seems to be the long-term replacement for Objective-C, which has been around since 1983.
"The Middle" is deeply shaped by the influence of Ms. Swift, and "Eighteen Inches" has the sky-high vocal ambition of a Carrie Underwood song, probably because it was partly written by Ms. Underwood, a former "Idol" winner.
Ms. Brown had never held an editing job, but her influence on Cosmopolitan was swift and certain: she did not so much revamp the magazine as vamp it.
Most tangibly, the swift American drawdown in Iraq will influence how the United States handles the endgame in Afghanistan, where NATO forces have agreed to hand over security and pull out by 2014.
