It has been considered a key text in shaping western attitudes toward Japan at the turn of the 20th century.
Both critics and supporters of the Administration's view have long engaged in a semantic struggle as each side has tried to shape public attitudes.
Denying the Government the routine power to borrow is a surrender to the medieval view of debt that continues to shape popular attitudes.
Fiction was a particularly favored venue, and was used to subtly shape attitudes.
In models of behavior, information generates knowledge, which then shapes attitudes, leading to behavior.
Instead of the Bible, movies, television, and music are shaping their values and attitudes.
Given the power of television to shape popular attitudes and tastes, it is likely to affect culture as well.
Recent research suggests that the movement shaped Adventist attitudes towards charismatic religious experiences and worship styles for a century after.
I am also aware of how involvement and working for the benefit of others have a further effect in shaping positive attitudes to life.
Yet France, for all these doubts, remains a society in which the government wields enormous power to shape public attitudes.