21.   Once powerful on the New Jersey waterfront, the family has lost influence there, the authorities said.

22.   Otis Chandler and his wing of the family were losing influence.

23.   Political analysts said Pataki has risked losing influence in the Statehouse by not having fought the override vote more strenuously.

24.   That has led some to claim that Ireland will lose influence and that bigger nations like France and Germany can form partnerships to ram measures through.

25.   The only winners, she said, are the aging leaders of the Cuban exile community, who had been losing influence.

26.   The two parties are losing their influence over this process faster than any state.

27.   There has been increased opposition to Kirkland within the labor movement as a result of the perception that labor has lost influence in Congress and the White House.

28.   There is a growing impression among investors that President Carlos Saul Menem is losing his influence in his final months in office.

29.   They also worry about Britain losing influence if it rejects the euro.

30.   They are doubly wary about losing influence over the more militant members if the concessionary stance they now advocate does not bear fruit soon.