To succeed, such missions need the broad agreement of all local parties who wield a significant amount of force.
FBOs are found in nearly all communities in the region and wield a significant level of cultural, political, social, educational, and economic influence.
Sucrose intake did not wield a significant influence on total protein levels as values encountered in sucrose-fed study group and in those fed with olive oil and avocado oil extracted by centrifugation or by solvents were statistically similar (7.9, 7.7, 7.5, and 7.8 g/dL, resp).
But he wielded a significant amount of power.
Lost in all of the attention paid to the heavy spending by Republican-oriented independent groups in this year's midterm elections is that Democratic candidates have generally wielded a significant head-to-head financial advantage over their Republican opponents in individual competitive races.
The proposal has raised eyebrows in Brussels because, by making the regime optional, Mrs. Reding would circumvent the daunting, time-consuming legislative process required in pushing through harmonized laws for the European single market, which in the past has allowed individual nations or groups of nations to wield a veto over significant measures.
In a small county, it's a little easier to do: an established politician can wield significant influence, and an outraged blogger can help to shape a race.
Mr. Dodd is in a position to wield significant influence, since he is a senior member of several committees with jurisdiction over these issues.
The congressman has spoken out previously against the wall, but he now has a new role on the House Appropriations Committee where he can wield some significant extra clout, and was eager to detail all the problems he has with the wall in this interview.
Developments in Hungary have highlighted the fact that, though the European Union can wield significant influence over a country when it is applying to join, and can oblige the applicant nation to adopt reforms, it has much more limited leverage once the nation is admitted.
The letter sent Wednesday from Mr. Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. Grassley, a ranking Republican, who together wield significant influence in oversight of the F.B.I., represents the latest salvo in the stepped-up attacks on the bureau from Congress.
