• And inside the company he exerted a level of influence unheard of in most businesses.

    BBC: Tributes for Apple 'visionary' Steve Jobs

  • At back-to-school nights, her parents stood by themselves while the younger parents exerted a kind of hysterical energy toward one another.

    NEWYORKER: Temporary

  • The fluids exerted a drag, causing the samples to move to and fro at the same frequency with which the machine jiggled, but with a slight delay.

    ECONOMIST: How tree frogs keep their grip

  • It has distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its rhythmic patterns (changqiang) and has exerted a dominant influence on all the more recent forms of opera in China, the Sichuan or Beijing opera.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • After becoming prime minister again in 1997 with a comfortable majority, Mr Sharif appeared to dominate the political landscape and exerted a powerful hold over all the country's major institutions - apart from the army.

    BBC: Profile: Nawaz Sharif

  • And author Miranda Sawyer, who grew up in Cheshire's Wilmslow - "a pink jumper, white stilettos kind of a town" - and wrote Park and Ride about suburban culture, says the 'burbs have always exerted a huge influence on mainstream society.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Suburbia fights back

  • Coach Massimiliano Allegri, knowing the Italians needed a goal, made no concessions to conservatism as Pato, Robinho and Ibrahimovic all started and exerted influence on a first 45 minutes dominated by the Rossoneri.

    BBC: Tottenham 0-0 AC Milan (agg 1-0)

  • The SEC released details of e-mails showing just how much influence Mr Quattrone, a banker, exerted over the supposedly independent research analysts.

    ECONOMIST: Day of reckoning | The

  • The top-down, centralized control exerted by school reformers was a glaring contrast to the choice and experimentation advocates of school reform purported to be after.

    FORBES: Is Diane Ravitch a Hayekian?

  • And it was the home side who exerted the early pressure and only a fine interception by stand-in right back Brian McLean prevented Craig Bryson picking his spot after Kevin Kyle's flick on found the midfielder inside the six-yard box.

    BBC: Kilmarnock 0-0 Falkirk

  • The data showed the average forces of a soccer-ball header were similar to those exerted on the head by punches from amateur boxers, according to Daniel Plant, a researcher in Imperial's department of mechanical engineering, who presented the data Friday at a helmet-safety science conference at the university.

    WSJ: Soccer 'Header' Impact Likened to Hard Punch

  • Over time, however, satellites gradually lose altitude because of the drag exerted on them by the atmosphere (a phenomenon known as orbital decay).

    ECONOMIST: A heated controversy | The

  • There has been a tremendous amount of effort exerted over the last two years to identify all of the devils who nearly brought down the U.S. financial system.

    FORBES: The Angels Of The Financial Crisis

  • Authorities said Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted over the New Jersey restaurant, a popular diner whose patrons include fans attending Jets and Giants games at the stadium in the Meadowlands a few miles away.

    WSJ: NJ diner manager accused of plotting kin's murder

  • The need of the U.S. government to borrow during recession and the mounting debt as a percentage of GDP has likely exerted minimal impact on rates.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It was an authority they had exerted from the first whistle and, despite a spell of South Korean pressure in the second half as they pressed for an equaliser, Argentina were thoroughly deserving of the points.

    BBC: Argentina 4-1 South Korea

  • But the forces exerted by objects in the Kuiper belt (a collection of small bodies orbiting the sun beyond the orbit of Pluto), or by the galaxy as a whole, were also far too weak to be responsible.

    ECONOMIST: A space oddity

  • Liverpool, fielding a strong side including Fernando Torres, exerted total domination in the first 45 minutes.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • As a comparison, the researchers measured forces exerted on the dummy head by punches from amateur boxers.

    WSJ: Soccer 'Header' Impact Likened to Hard Punch

  • Foster was then in action again, clutching a curling effort from Kaka as Brazil exerted their authority on proceedings.

    BBC: Brazil 1-0 England

  • Yaya Toure's first-half goal appeared to set City on course for a win that would have virtually guaranteed a place in the top four as they exerted total domination over the Toffees.

    BBC: Everton 2-1 Manchester City

  • The more democratic a country, the less influence is likely to be exerted through military connections.

    ECONOMIST: Military-to-military relationships: The ties that bind | The

  • With some pressure at last being exerted on Glasgow, Jenkins managed to pull the Welsh back within a score with his third penalty, but Howarth soon struck back to restore the 10-point gap.

    BBC: Celtic Warriors 9-19 Glasgow

  • She also highlights the social pressure that the cult of beauty exerted on women, and even on Dinah Washington, who always harboured a sense of physical inferiority.

    ECONOMIST: Dinah Washington

  • But he said the lingering effects of superstorm Sandy and the administration's failure to broker a deal with the teachers' union on an evaluation plan have exerted significant pressure on the city's finances.

    WSJ: Mayor's Final Budget Is Aided by Economy

  • The valley, a rugged area near the Afghanistan border where the central government has long exerted little control, has been the site of an intense military offensive since late July.

    CNN: 10 killed as Pakistan politician targeted

  • For months, a unit led by Captain Dan Kearney holds an outpost high in the Korengal Valley that gives the soldiers a clear view of the land below, but the impression of force exerted without purpose is overwhelming.

    NEWYORKER: Restrepo

  • But that strength is exerted unevenly: the pull in the direction of the galactic centre (where there are a lot of stars) is greater than that in other directions.

    ECONOMIST: X marks the spot

  • As emerging economies become a bigger and more important part of the global financial system, pressure is being exerted on institutions to shift their governance to recognize the needs and aspirations of such nations.

    FORBES: With The Backing Of Europe, French Fin Min Lagarde Announces IMF Bid

  • This time the terror was planned by a radical group which chose its target to cause enough media uproar to reaffirm its existence, despite exerted efforts to eradicate it.

    BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Press denounces Jeddah attack

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