Word: clout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Barak's late-night maneuver may have undermined Levy's clout as a negotiator, reaching agreement on the contentious final-status issues may require all of Barak's political authority, and then some. Palestinian sources said the meeting was positive, and had been initiated by Barak to reassure Arafat after the Palestinians objected to comments by the Israeli leader on West Bank settlements and other issues. The Israeli leader has adopted an approach dramatically different to that of his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking to combine concessions to conservative constituencies at home with parallel concessions on other fronts...
What is clear, and what her would-be constituents certainly understand, is that Hillary's value to them will never be greater than it is now. For even if she wins, it is hard to imagine a junior Senator having nearly the clout of an ambitious candidate who happens to have the President...
First, no other Western nation has endured any similar movement, with any political clout, against evolution--a subject taught as fundamental, and without dispute, in all other countries that share our major sociocultural traditions...
...America's most vital but abused natural treasures. Like the endangered wood storks that glide overhead, the fewer than 500 Miccosukees rely upon this unique "river of grass" for their survival as a tribe. And they rely on gaming profits to buy the multimillion-dollar legal and scientific clout they need to protect the Everglades. "The money allows us to be like the cowboys," says Cypress, 48. "We can bring in the hired guns...
Latin music has always had its share of great pop artists (Julio Iglesias led the way for the Ricky Martins of today), but only now are U.S. Latinos beginning to show their vast purchasing power and clout in music and other markets. As a Latina, I rejoice in Ricky's success! YVETTE N. TAZEAU San Jose, Calif...