Coffee may have a bad effect on the stomach.

But the ability of powerful nations to exercise their international influence also depends on international law being upheld.

Even as a conjuring trick, the Charter could be influential.

Stress can have an enormous negative impact on your health.

The whole process showed again how big the influence of Kiva can be.

Power is the ability to affect others to produce the outcomes one wants.

Fear of a recurrence can have a significant negative impact on a person's quality of life.

Use your influence in support of comprehensive sustainable change everywhere.

Is radical Islamism ratcheting up its influence in post Suharto Indonesia?

Of course, Russia is bound to exercise strong influence in the former Soviet territories, but it will have to share that influence with others.

The sovereign state is influenced by them (for better and for worse) as much as it is able to influence them.

The dominant actors Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards will continue to exert potentially decisive influence.

Ideally, it would affect employees and citizens by changing their expectations.

Though the movement's ranks have thinned somewhat, its adherents continue to exert considerable influence in Congress.

Under the Czars, Imperial Russia extended its reach over time.

Moreover, opportunities for foreigners to raise their voice and influence American policies constitute an important incentive for being part of an alliance with the US.

But the SCAF side is applying a similar strategy strengthening its hold over the key power ministries.

These examples reflect the same message America is losing clout around the world.

Of course, in a real human being any number of these causes social, psychological, or genetic may be at work.

Mary bought Tom a copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People , by Dale Carnegie.

It is not too late for the US to regain its political and diplomatic influence in Latin America.

If the version put to vote will be adopted, lobbyists of security agencies will increase their influence.

The Big Three of Europe and Germany, as the current EU president in particular must find a way to act together in strategic security matters.

And what must the US do to regain its stature and influence in the international economy?

External shocks brought about by climate change will directly affect advanced economies.

But will the Bush administration use its influence to nudge Abe away from inflammatory behavior?

If they don t, Europe will largely cease to matter when the going gets rough.

One result of this is that China and India are seeking to make a bigger impact on global economic policy.

They were designed not to impede Iran s nuclear program directly, but rather to increase the price that Iran s leaders must pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions.

In short, this pact with its excrescence had an enormous impact on the history of our region, right up to this day.

The many financial and oil related sanctions that have been implemented in recent months and years are starting to bite.

But whether the new Tory government is able to identify, let alone tackle the root causes of poverty is highly debatable.

But now Japan s political and economic influence in South East Asia is gradually declining, owing in part to its failure to exert influence over security and defense matters.

He has lost all authority in Gaza, and has a tenuous hold over the West Bank.

To be sure, the EU s technocratic focus on structural reforms is having some effect in the region.

Much depends on whether the West retains its sway in other parts of the world.

Confused and self absorbed, Europe is not in the best position to wield influence.

But globalization means that nations and peoples can exert an asymmetric influence.

The Chinese are steadily gaining influence in Africa, not with bombers, but with money.

To be sure, the US remains Asia's power broker, as it has been since the end of WWII. But diplomacy regarding the Korean peninsula, in which all roads lead to Beijing, has opened the door to China as the new go to guy.

Given this change in European dynamics, France should have looked for new ways to assert influence.

To be sure, the US remains Asia's power broker, as it has been since the end of WWII.

With Beijing trying to assert its ideological influence over Hong Kong, culture and education have become fraught.

The increase in prices as a result of currency circulation fueled the growth of the commercial middle class in Europe, the bourgeoisie , which came to influence the politics and culture of many countries.

The rise in inequality is the product of a vicious spiral the rich rent seekers use their wealth to shape legislation in order to protect and increase their wealth and their influence.