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Are aid donors, NGOs and other development opinion-formers paying attention?
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It is also the result of an ingrained assumption among too many opinion-formers and policy-makers in the west that certain parts of the world "can't do democracy", that there are fellow citizens of planet Earth who are somehow less deserving of freedom or less capable of exercising it.
The west should cheer, not fear, this cry for freedom in Egypt | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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We have lost a venerable title, six journalists (some of them long-standing friends and experienced industry-watchers and opinion-formers) stand to lose their jobs, and there will be one fewer weekly to which we can pitch our news stories and feature ideas, buy advertising space, or look for sponsorship and publicity spin-offs from events.
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Surely politicians from whatever sect, supported by the intelligentsia and opinion-formers, could work together to make the goal of helping the children of Iraq a priority.
Adnan Al-Daini: The Plight of Iraqi Children Adnan Al-Daini 2012
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But even if some investors were sophisticated and polite enough to hear him out, the chance of Mr. Artus's ideas gaining any traction among the German population or its opinion-formers in the universities and research institutes, let alone the press, is close to zero.
Germany Knows What Doesn't Work Geoffrey T. Smith 2011
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The 488 Twitter accounts that Lord Drayson follows also say a lot about his Parliamentary responsibilities, including social media opinion-formers Mashable, WiredUK and TechCrunch and institutions such as NESTA; he also follows a certain Adam Afriyie ….
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If tea partiers perform well in next month's election, most opinion-formers will put it down to American particularism, by which they mean an almost demented conservatism.
Why Europeans Can't Throw a Tea Party Daniel Hannan 2010
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There seem to be no political leaders or media opinion-formers speaking for those who have not achieved lift-off into these elevated zones.
Letters: Frog prince 2011
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Invite bloggers and other opinion-formers to write guest posts.
It’s a blog, not a free press release service « pwcom 2.0 2009
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Nevertheless, he's a favourite with alternative opinion-formers such as Stewart Lee, and for anyone who likes their comedy in new and unusual shapes, he's a treat.
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