Nonetheless, the Internet concert business has several influential new backers.

The impetus for this circumvention of deliberation came from influential backers of Senators Kennedy and Kerry.

A committee of wealthy and influential backers was formed to help take the company to the next level.

Loria has one influential backer in Alex Penelas, the mayor of Miami-Dade County.

It won the support of many wealthy and influential backers.

He was not one of the greatest wrestlers of his time, but received the licence because he had influential backers.

"We learned that some of the influential backers of the movement were more pro-business than pro-free enterprise."

Mayor Ronnie Thompson was among its most influential backers.

He was an influential backer of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Influential Backers These board members have long been the Fed's most influential backers, including the chairmen of many of the biggest financial and industrial companies.