Much of the impetus behind campaign finance reform in the United States and in other countries is an attempt to prevent economic power being used to take political power.

Much of the impetus for her writing came from her need to earn a living for herself and her three children.

Much of the impetus for fusion came from pressure groups and lawyers ' associations.

Much of the impetus for holding the convention in the Superdome came from the Louisiana Republican National Committeewoman Virginia Martinez of New Orleans, who lobbied on behalf of her adopted home city as the convention site as a member of the RNC Executive Committee.

Much of the impetus for creating a public park on this portion of 16th Street came from Mary Foote Henderson, wife of Missouri senator John Brooks Henderson and local resident.

Much of the impetus for the council was lost during the collapse of ABDACOM, in March and April.

Much of the original impetus for the project, however, dated back a year earlier to a small meeting on digital books that Voyager sponsored on Bloomsday, 1990, attended by various pioneering multimedia and hypertext experts.

Much new equipment and many unique techniques have been developed for the quantitative exposure of experimental animals to aerosols of infectious agents contained in particles of specified dimensional characteristics.

Much progress has been made in the last two decades in developing techniques for understanding children, yet in almost any classroom today can be found children whose needs are not being met by the school program.

Much interest has also been expressed in new techniques for processing the urethane foams, including spraying, frothing, and molding ( see article, p. 391 for details ).

`` Much of the navy's future depends upon her '', an American naval announcement said on the Skipjack's first arrival in British waters in August, 1959, for exhibition to selected high officers at Portland underwater research station.

Shakespeare had a word for everything, even for the rain that disrupted Wednesday night's `` Much Ado About Nothing '' opening the season of free theatre in Central Park.

Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

Much later, in 1869, a great number of blocks of stone from Amathus were used for the construction of the Suez Canal.

Much of the northern colonists depended upon the ability either of themselves to hunt, or for others from which they could purchase game.

Much like old cars and trucks, buses often pass through a dealership where they can be bought for a price or at auction.

Much of this area receives only traces of rain during the entire year ; at Faya Largeau, for example, annual rainfall averages less than.

Much of the resources for these first democratic elections since independence came from locally represented donors and agencies called the " Groupe informel des bailleurs de fonds et representants residents " ( GIBAFOR ).

Much of the income derived from the sale of foods and alcohol is not " on the books " and thus is not considered in calculating per capita income, which is one reason why official figures for per capita income are not accurate in the case of the CAR.

Much simpler fixed wheel bikes are also available, and may be more suitable for commuters.

Much of the design study was concerned with a simple, flexible chemical system for processing the ores, and the differences between the ratio of elements needed by the replicator, and the ratios available in lunar regolith.

Much of the Mediterranean coastal terrain was suitable for mounted action and there was a long established culture of horsemanship amongst the Arab and Berber inhabitants.

Much of the city, including railroads and stockyards, survived intact, and from the ruins of the previous wooden structures arose more modern constructions of steel and stone which would set the precedent for worldwide construction.

Much of the musical repertoire written for harpsichord and organ from the period circa 1400 – 1800 can be played on the clavichord ; however, it does not have enough ( unamplified ) volume to participate in chamber music, with the possible exception of providing accompaniment to a soft baroque flute, recorder, or single singer.

Jones, whose work had been nominated eight times over his career for an Oscar ( winning thrice: For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line ), received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for " the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century.

Much of the early development of purification methods is described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia.

Much of Afghanistan's livestock was removed from the country by early waves of refugees who fled to neighboring Pakistan and Iran.

" Much of the TMRC's jargon was later imported into early computing culture, because the club started using a DEC PDP-1 and applied its local model railroad slang in this computing context.

Much of it is permanent marsh, but some parts dry out in early winter, and other parts become marshland only in years of great flood.

Much of the scholarly work concerning the references to Jesus in Josephus has thus concentrated on close textual analysis of the Josephan corpus to determine the degree to which the language, as preserved in both early Christian quotations and the later transmissions, should be considered authentic.

Much of his early work was financed by his family and commerce, but after 1939 he was given resources by the Nazi German government.

Much of the area came under European domination quite early.

Much of his early work put Mazda back into profitability and laid the foundations for future success.

Much current research ( in the early 21st century ) on optical microscope techniques is focused on development of superresolution analysis of fluorescently labeled samples.

Much early commercial radio was completely freeform ; this changed drastically with the payola scandals of the 1950s.

Much like MADtv's early years, this series also features appearances by " Spy vs. Spy " and Don Martin cartoons.

Much suggests she was early on an alcoholic and took little interest in the upbringing of the children.

Much of the early work leading up to the discovery of the ubiquitin proteasome system occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s at the Technion in the laboratory of Avram Hershko, where Aaron Ciechanover worked as a graduate student.

Much of the early theoretical and applied work in psychometrics was undertaken in an attempt to measure intelligence.

Much of this success in defense lay in the world's first use of gunpowder ( i. e. with early flamethrowers, grenades, firearms, cannons, and land mines ) to fight back against the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Jurchens, and then the Mongols.

The Economist described the sentiments, stating that " Much as Adolf Hitler won early praise for galvanising German industry, ending mass unemployment and building autobahns, Saddam earned admiration abroad for his deeds.

Much later, the European colonial powers threatened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but Thailand survived as the only Southeast Asian state to avoid European colonial rule because the French and the English decided it would be a neutral territory to avoid conflicts between their colonies.

Much of the early development work on naval reactors was done at the Naval Reactor Facility on the campus of the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL, previously INEL ).

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor, who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 – 77 and as manager 1977 – 83.

Much of X's early material had a rockabilly edge.

Much of Chatterton, however, was recorded by the Gramophone Company ( later HMV ) as early as 1908, and remastered on CD almost 100 years later by Marston Records.

Much of the material written about her was aimed at children, and tended to focus on her childhood and early career.

The editors of the Oxford and Norton Shakespeare believe the name of Imogen is a misspelling of Innogen — they draw several comparisons between Cymbeline and Much Ado About Nothing, in early editions of which a ghost character named Innogen was supposed to be Leonato's wife ( Posthumus being also known as " Leonatus ", the Latin form of the Italian name in the other play ).

Much of his early life was portrayed in his autobiographical book, America America, which he made into a film in 1963.