There would have been some powerful interest if news of it got out, that's for sure.

Powerful commercial interests control or influence much of the media.

He also shows the personal and career costs to these men of taking on the most powerful interests in the armed forces.

Or it may not; some powerful interests'd like to see the conflict go on.

They are simply more of what we have been hearing from powerful interests in both parties.

To carry out his goals, he will have to take on some powerful interests.

"We have had to find new ways to establish contact with powerful political interests."

The final vote was 58 to 41, and with powerful interests on both sides it did not break down along party lines.

"As such, they are also the primary target of the powerful interests that fear change."

Even these limited steps are, of course, threatening to powerful interests.