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The portals, recognizing that only they could deliver such traffic, were able to exert this leverage to land multiyear advertising deals that often topped $100 million.

Using transgenic mouse model systems, we demonstrated that CD8+ T cells primed with E2 particles were able to exert lytic activity and produce IFNγ.

Later hearings were to be held on general topics, including advertising practices, generic & trade names, side effects, and the possibility that pharmaceutical companies were able to exert influence over government regulatory agencies.

More interesting possibilities had to await the testing of materials that could slow light much more, and therefore were able to exert a stronger pull when they were moving.

Zaslavskiy said that the Russian government and its security services were able to exert leverage on expatriates living abroad, and sometimes made use of them in sensitive projects for reasons of "plausible deniability".

Shareholders did not succeed in ousting the two H.P. directors and demoting Mr. Lane, the chairman, at the shareholder meeting, but were able to exert pressure that eventually led to this outcome.

No one was able to exert a grip.

The party should be able to exert some political power.

Prashar asks if the UK was able to exert influence.

"They are able to exert a lot of pressure," Ms. Nestle said.

By accepting his offer, Labor may be able to exert a moderating influence.