The Jewish Agency for Palestine under the leadership of David Ben-Gurion increasingly dictated policy with support from American Zionists who provided funding and influence in Washington, D.C., including via the highly effective American Palestine Committee.

The aid money will be more focused on conflict resolution, with the amount going to fragile states such as Afghanistan doubled to £3.8bn, raising concerns among aid agencies that the military will increasingly dictate where money is spent.

Iran is also anxious not to abandon control of OPEC to the Arab coalition, which is increasingly dictating the terms of doing business to all 13 members of OPEC.

Though low-fare airlines remain a relatively small part of the industry - with less than 30 percent market share in the United States, for instance - they increasingly dictate prices and labor practices.

But it is other currents, new and strong, that increasingly dictate not just retirements, but the fates of incumbents.

The food-processing industry increasingly dictates the terms on which farmers and corporations farm.

And through growing political clout, the food-processing industry also increasingly dictates terms to the taxpayer.

I am convinced that societal considerations will increasingly dictate the future course of research.

Above the level of the very poor, notions of respectability acted as a curb on abusive or violent behaviour within the family and increasingly dictated that married women should not work outside the home.

"Despite occasional political flare-ups, individual choice would increasingly dictate African-American hairstyles in this era" Trendy styles like braids were even adopted by whites, especially after white actress Bo Derek wore them in the movie 10.