man of influence

“When Paul Powell was a man of influence, people knew where Johnson County was,” said John Rendleman III, a lawyer from Carbondale.

So while it’s not always clear what Santos is doing, it’s clear how he wants to be seen, which is as a well-connected man of influence.

Here is a man of influence in a culture that worships it, an immigrant success, born in Nazareth, who came to America to study engineering as Michael and conquered real estate as Mohamed.

Rather than a man of influence, they showed a man who wanted to seem influential.

Prosecutors said Mr. Cali tapped his connections in Italy, importing many members and associates in his crew from Sicily, where he was seen as a man of “influence and power.”