But that does not mean the family has given up trying to influence events.

Even when information passed along the network turns out not to be true, it can influence events.

Whether such a limited force could effectively influence events in Iraq is an important question.

They are obviously important to our ability to influence events in the world.

But he and others agreed that there was little they can do to influence events at home.

I was so used to power, to being able to influence people, ships and events.

"We wanted to build up a leadership to influence events."

Unfortunately, we have not been able to influence events in a very positive way.

He was not used to speaking up, using the force of his past to influence events.

The ideal situation was to put them in a position to influence key events, but where they themselves were not the center of attention.