Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020.

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For all the talk about the federal government protecting the poor and performing essential services, Washington is mostly about paying off those with the most power and influence.

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Faced with the growing power and influence of Hamas, the main militant group, the Palestinian Authority's only hope of remaining relevant is successful negotiation with the Israelis.

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You praise her work, you invite her to serve on the committees with the most power and influence, introduce her to clients and use your influence to make sure she is given the best available human resources to get her job done in such a way that she will be the obvious next candidate for promotion to equity partnership, the C-suite, or senior executive status.

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But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, this one depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.

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But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, Europol's current effort depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.

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The first thing we have to do is cut off special interests' ability to influence campaigns with their money, and increase the power of regular people.

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Combine that decision-making power with the growing influence of women on the business side of the economy, and the stage is set for an interesting 10-20 years in front of us.

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And Mr Erdogan's foes in the army fear that rapprochement with Europe will reduce their power and see in Turkey's internal conflicts a chance to restore that influence.

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Their reasoning is Deloitte US had the power and influence, and exercised that power and influence, to cause DTTC to publish audited financial statements that were not in accordance with GAAP.

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