The fact that oil industry lobby groups have been able to strongly influence the texas railroad commission's three commissioners instead of having to influence the governor is an example of how can increase interest group strength.

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.

the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions.