Rousseau was mad but influential Hume was sane but had no followers.

The blank slate was an influential idea in the 20th century.

There was a very influential book about that, which was mainly about getting governments out of the market.

The cosmopolitan influential in the town is like the medical specialist the local influential is like the family doctor. Merton concluded It appears that the cosmopolitan influential has a following because he knows , the local influential because he understands .

You don't think you're influential.

However, this city was blessed in the late 1990s with a highly influential mayor named Enrique Penalosa.

He is very influential in the world of medicine.

The political scientist E.E. Schattschneider s analysis of the process was influential in transferring responsibility for trade measures from the US Congress to the President.

A MINUGUA report was influential in Government civil society discussions aimed at producing a consensus based rural development policy, as called for in the peace accords.

The Economic and Social Council must again become a dynamic and influential organ.

Firmly grasp the correct orientation and focus on making it more attractive and influential.

This was the time when the actual independence of the Committee, as well as the appearance of independence, needed to be even more carefully maintained and protected because the Committee was more relevant and influential.

The use of the term continuous was considered a safeguard against the situation in which a person changed nationality merely to obtain diplomatic protection from a more influential State.

In recent months, Berners Lee has been an influential voice in the net neutrality debate.

The creditor debtor split was thrown into sharp relief this summer, during the negotiations over Greece s third bailout agreement. Germany, the leading proponent of austerity and the most influential creditor, was accused of insufficient flexibility and solidarity

America s influential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also was established under Nixon. Environmentalists hired scientists, lawyers, and lobbyists who made sure that laws weren t just passed in Congress, but also implemented in practice.

Ironically, women's significant involvement in politics, including at influential levels, had yet to be reflected in elections.

Indeed, in the past year, a group of influential scientific institutions have begun mobilizing to realize this dream.

Power and decision making society should grow towards the equal representation of men and women in influential positions.

Mr. Hariri's resignation added more strength to the opposition by bringing in the large and influential Sunni community.

International organizations continue to play an important role in countering the financing of terrorism, with FATF being especially influential.

In proclaiming his mastery of the lingua franca of global affairs, Hollande was asserting himself as a modern statesman, while also suggesting that France will remain as influential as possible on the international scene. Indeed, he was proclaiming his commitment to internationalism and multilateralism.

The primary goal of continues to be the proportional representation of women in influential positions in all sections of society.

So a lot of people are following this person very influential and they have a propensity to talk about what's on TV.

The tunnels project is endorsed by Brown and by some politically influential water districts and water customers in Central and Southern California.

In Japan, Abe has satisfied his conservative supporters with cabinet resolutions to allow for expanded self defense. Despite domestic opposition to Japan s new security doctrine, no politically influential group was able to organize an effective challenge to Abe s approach.

The Federation Council (the upper chamber of the Duma), too, was generally loyal to the president, as were regional governors, while remaining independent. There were also influential entrepreneurs and business organizations that were actively involved in the decision making process.

The oldest and the most influential magazine, Putevi, which was to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary soon, has unfortunately been closed because the State has failed to provide funds for its financing, and the publisher has no interest in investing himself.

If global trends continue to serve the interests of small, influential groups, even the interests of the citizens of powerful countries will be jeopardized, as was seen during recent crises and natural disasters such as the recent tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.

I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Loony Tunes cartoons.

If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy businessman or an influential journalist, or a doctor or something, you might have a telephone.

First, the task is to increase the Council's effectiveness and to provide for more balanced Council membership by including major and influential developing countries.

African governments sharply reduced or eliminated duties on imported rice in the 1990 s, urged on by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and influential free market economists. The assumption was that rich countries would reciprocate by curtailing subsidies to their farmers.

The Australian Sailing Championship is currently one of the highest standard and most influential national sailing events in Australia and is held once a year.

Chitra basically remixes and re titles these iconic images to tease out some of the sexual and gender politics embedded in these deeply influential comics.

There were many reasons not to have expected Malaysia to be a success. Just as Malaysia was gaining its independence, the Nobel Prize winning economist Gunnar Myrdal wrote an influential book called Asian Drama , in which he predicted a bleak future for the region.

A study conducted in on agricultural production systems and the social economic situation in 03 of the country's villages, indicates that land was as in the past often attributed to the most influential families, with the relatives of community leaders having larger plots of land.

Between the years 1993 2003, 360 staff members were promoted to full professor, a position granting not only higher income, but also influential status within academia.

MINUGUA recommendations were influential in the design of the Advisory Council on Security, a civilian presidential advisory body created in 2004 in accordance with the peace agreements.

It is worth noting, moreover, that 2004 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, a highly influential instrument in Latin America and around the world.

Its management will be entrusted to a particularly influential organ of ECOWAS, the Mediation and Security Council in particular, which will lend its full authority to the new mechanism.

In Europe, many influential leaders and citizens still view the marketplace as constrained by moral considerations, such as the need to alleviate economic suffering. This is an invaluable asset.

Presenters of the more than 5,000 books are all famous experts and scholars in each subject area, heads of each major publishing agency or influential mainstream media across the country.

The rankings will no doubt vary from year to year. But we have to conclude that in 2013 a handful of philosophers were particularly influential in the world of ideas.

CAMBRIDGE Peter Drucker, the influential management guru, famously said, What does not get measured, does not get done. He might have added that what gets measured poorly gets done poorly.