"Leaders always tend to affect the public's interests," he said.

This relationship is affected by three significant factors: interests, control and motivation.

Finance directly affects everyone's interests, but many have a hard time maintaining their interest in it.

The new capitalist opportunities presented by the opening of the Russian economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s affected many people's interests.

You would never have come to help us put down that first insurrection, because it didn't affect your precious financial interests.

Third, the decision must affect the claimant's rights, privileges or interests.

To keep the pressure on, lawmakers are preparing additional bills that would affect Japanese interests.

But when brutality occurs close to your shores, it affects our national interests and we have a responsibility to act.

There is no indication that a crackdown on private enterprises would directly affect foreign interests.

Among the questions to be addressed: How will an indictment affect American national security and economic interests?