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Informal village councils across India wield huge influence, though their actions are often unlawful and their legal status unclear.

Analysts say that they have shrewdly outmanoeuvred the government by forcing it to pay perhaps 5,000 extra school staff, probably including union officials who should not have been on the payroll.If militant unions can so easily undermine reform by threatening havoc, so may moderate teachers, who still wield huge influence in the states.

With a 12.5% stake (as of March 31st), his holding company is one of the largest shareholders in Moody's, S&P's main rival.Mr Buffett understands that, for all the politicians' pledges to clip ratings firms' wings, the trio that dominates the industry the smaller Fitch is the third will continue to wield huge influence.

It is claimed the security camera video, stills from which have been published in the Argentinian sports daily Olé, shows River's head of security, Gabriel Riccio, talking to a subordinate who then talks to a man identified as a leader of Los Borrachos del Tablón (The Drunks in the Stands), one of River's barras bravas, the hooligan gangs who wield huge influence on Argentinian football.

A less comfortable fact is that of the men-only clubs in the UK, several wield huge influence.

Under Kim Jones Louis Vuitton's menswear collections have wielded huge influence over the entire fashion industry.

Choi is known to have wielded huge influence on the country's sports sector, including the nomination of officials and even preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

It is widely judged to be the fashion world's most extravagant night out, wielding huge influence over trends on the high street.

He wielded huge influence during 1997-2001, William HagueHague was party leader, for the simple reason that it was Ashcroft's wealth keeping the party together, but he was less influential after 2001 though he still gave generously.

Some environmental groups, like the Sierra Club, say they suspect the Legislature's effort to change the process is in response to the land-use proposal, because the real estate industry wields huge influence in Tallahassee.

On Friday, Mr. Cameron went much further, calling not only for a new form of press regulation, but also for an end to the cozy relationships between news organizations that are seen as wielding huge influence and politicians who are desperate to harness the support of the press for electoral advantage.