"Aston Villa has no direct influence on the choice of fixtures or their kick-off times, " he said.
But the executive branch has more direct influence in the operations of federal agencies, making it easier to carry out the data-center consolidation.
This is a classic example of traders adjusting to market inefficiencies and an example of their behavior having a direct influence on market inefficiencies.
Clients are recruiting developers from universities like Stanford, because young talent want to have a direct influence on major brands, and not necessarily through an agency.
Syndicate members have little direct influence over how the horse is managed, but as its legal owners, they split any prize money between them, and also divide up any profits generated by selling it.
These pressures can have a substantial impact in a country like France where intellectual elites work through petitions or direct influence on the government citing the special status of France in the world.
F1 teams have no direct influence on Mosley's position - he is elected by the FIA membership of national automobile clubs and motorsport bodies and his latest four-year term does not expire until October 2009.
And we have states in this country where farmers, the hardest working people in this country, can't make their mortgage payments because of things that happened half a world away they didn't have any direct influence on at all.
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It has been a struggle to alter that: Bolivia's political elite fought hard against the loss of their direct influence on the judicial system, and in-fighting over the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court had threatened to mar the change.
So instead of using resources to lobby for a new federal law that lowers the threshold, the NTSB should direct its influence on helping states enforce the current one.
The Kremlin has established direct or indirect influence over most of Russia's TV stations in recent years.
"Either merger would make it more difficult for other exchanges to compete with LSE in trading UK equities due to both bidders direct control or influence over the provision of clearing services, " it added.
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The measure's supporters say that proxy votes are the most direct way to influence corporate governance, and that investors have the right to know whether a fund manager has voted in their best interests.
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You may not be in charge, but if your direct or indirect efforts influence others, you are in fact leading.
With this spending data, you can then influence and direct those shopping patterns in a way that helps you impact measurable outcomes for your brand and business.
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Instead of getting things done through direct authority, they need to influence peers, share resources, create ad hoc teams, and reset priorities.
Thus, issuers will pay, but they will have no direct connection to, and therefore no influence over, those generating the ratings.
Instead, Mr. Obama's power and influence have been sapped as a direct result of his own choices and decisions.
While Benedict has no direct involvement in the selection of his successor, his influence will be felt: He appointed 67 of at least 115 cardinals set to make the decision.
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The SEC has already proposed a number of changes designed to address their growing influence, including extra restrictions on broker-dealers that provide direct market access to high frequency traders, a trader tracking system for large traders, circuit breakers that would slow trading in individual stocks if they fall more than 10%, and new rules for off-exchange trading venues.
Foreign law cannot be used as a holding or a precedent or to bind or to influence the outcome of a legal decision interpreting the Constitution or American law that doesn't direct you to that law.
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