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He called the Manhattan Institute, one of the more influential conservative think tanks, simply "Manhattan Institute," without the definite article, a minor-seeming mistake that suggests he doesn't fully grasp what he's saying.
At the same time, powerful commercial interests may have been influential in physicians adopting a high-dose rather than a low-dose treatment schedule.
2) He's made loads of influential friends (Sen.
One of Crete’s most influential religious institutions, Toploú Monastery (Moní Toploú), is found here on a windswept hilltop, surrounded by large swathes of fertile land bequeathed to it by grateful believers.
His clever Ballet Mécanique --an influential little non-narrative film he made in 1924 (MoMA has it on a continuous reel)--intercuts dancing pistons and kitchenware with blinking eyes and a mouth that opens and closes rhythmically.