1.   Parisian influences remained strong throughout his life.

2.   After the elections are over and fund-raising scandals have passed, the corporate influence remains, corrupting our institutions.

3.   But the companies are the largest corporate contributors to Republican politicians and are spending millions this year on lobbying, so their political influence remains substantial.

4.   But their influence remain less well understood.

5.   But while he has been in prison since then, his influence as figurehead remains powerful.

6.   Carberry said mob control is gone but that mob influence remains in some locals along with plenty of garden-variety graft.

7.   Even though Rove now works in the White House, his influence remains strong in Texas, political observers said.

8.   For now, black influence remains limited.

9.   In the new, virtual corporation, core-business influence remains in the same hierarchical vein.

10.   Leading the fight against the Orme Dam was a coalition of environmentalists and Native Americans, whose influence remains potent in other environmental arenas in Arizona.