As the scandal has reignited in recent months, focusing scrutiny on bishops from Ireland to India, he has used his influential post to defend Pope Benedict XVI from criticism that he was slow to move against priests.
If this seems disingenuous, especially given his acceptance of Goebbels' invitation to take up the post of Reichsmusikkammer president on 15 November 1933, Strauss was adamant that he wished to use his influential position for the good.
Wemple has also suggested Allen uses his influential Playbook newsletter to promote prominent media figures and outlets.
While Oppenheimer was clearly disappointed in Ronaldo's responses -- it'd certainly be good to see Ronaldo use his influential platform to speak out for reform in his sport -- his parsing should've ended as soon as Ronaldo explained the locker room's hot topics usually include women, shoes and haircuts.
And from his rise to power in 1977 to his political demise when the Liberals lost their ballot line in 2002, Mr. Harding was one of the state's most resourceful power brokers, using his tiny but influential party to help elect Mario M. Cuomo as governor, Rudolph W. Giuliani as mayor, Mr. Hevesi as the city and state comptroller, and many other public officials.
By using his position as an influential media mogul, he could add fuel to the fire of anti-Muslim hatred and rally more people to his cause, which was to sabotage the peace accords.
The minister criticized the traditional chief for using his prominent, highly publicized, and influential position, for relying on arguments based mainly on energy independence, and the quasi unilateral development of biofuels by the Ministry of Energy.
Mirror Group owner Robert Maxwell used his titles – notably the influential and traditionally Labour-leaning Daily Record – to launch withering attacks on his union nemesis.
Perhaps the biggest blow to New York Democrats came in 1999, when the state's senior Senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a four-term Democrat who used his seat on the influential Finance Committee to funnel federal aid to the state, retired.
Mr. Jones seemed mystified that Mr. Zanes would call him influential, let alone use his name in the same sentence as Mr. Dylan's.
