Word: clout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more time to transfer the stock, which is currently being held in a Swiss bank. In court Thursday, Bailey said he had worked hard to comply: "I've tried to raise the millions the order requires. I have worked day and night in every quadrant where I have any clout whatsoever to come up with the money." But U.S. Attorney David McGee countered that Bailey was stalling: "The only way to get Mr. Bailey to comply is to keep his feet to the fire...
...aware that he has proposed anything that would tie the hands of corporate managers," says Phillips. "Or require a new obligation to 'stakeholders' [for instance, employees] as well as shareholders." The Populist movement at the turn of the 20th century arrayed government power to counter corporate clout. How can the party of less government do that...
That they did says a few things: that a small, TV-size movie plays well to older, stay-at-home Academy voters; that in a subpar year for Hollywood films, the members will look abroad; and that emotional clout always helps sell a picture. Il Postino takes as its subject the volatile nature of a strong, unequal friendship. The movie makes poignant and palpable that most discreet of passions: devotion...
...resources most leading boarding schools devote to college advisement are considerable," write Cookson and Persell. "Prep schools have responded [to the increasing difficulty involved in getting into a top college] by honing their very professional college advisory operation and by exercising what political clout they can in relation to the colleges. The result is a higher--though not perfect--payoff for elite prep school graduates, compared to other applicants...
Stop regulating the responsible drivers and letting the irresponsible ones back behind the wheel. Let our government's laws gain some clout again. And leave me to cruise down the empty highways at my own speed...