powerful interests

He called it a "major victory" for powerful interests like big oil companies, Wall Street banks and health insurance companies.

The same powerful interests at Washington are talking down to him, saying they speak about him like a dog.

The landmark is pitting some of the most powerful interests here against residents, including one of the city's oldest families.

It might be crazy to believe that government policy will be something more than the handmaiden of the most powerful interests.

The American people, as a whole, are easily led in the direction that powerful interests wish them to go.

But it has failed to do much because of opposition from powerful interests, in this case exporters and local governments.

These days, it seems that powerful interests wield more influence in Washington than the whole of the American electorate.

The Mexican government has shelved such proposals for years, anxious not to upset the powerful interests involved.

Well I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, and worse, by foreign entities.

Moreover, the premise that economic integration would create powerful interests for its perpetuation has also proved correct.

It's the interplay between those two powerful interests that keeps the Java industry both healthy and honest, and hopefully thriving.

"These gangs involve powerful interests, linked to both civilian and military authorities, " says Mr Rozo.

When land owners start to lose money, and labor demands more pay, there are some powerful interests that are going to fear for the future.