Word: clout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complex global banking system in which such internal failures can quickly cause wider financial havoc. "Whenever something like the Daiwa scandal occurs, congressional leaders are called on both to defend current regulation and to assess possible reforms," says TIME's Adam Zagorin. "Greenspan's recommendation comes with the clout and prestige of the Federal Reserve and more strongly suggests a need for tougher regulation of what's become an extremely complex industry...
...Give Good Love), the result is something winged, almost seraphic. What's more, with the huge success of 1992's The Bodyguard--the movie made more than $400 million at the box office worldwide, while the sound track sold 33 million copies--she's proved she has multimedia clout...
...CLOUT AMONG REPUBLICANS
...Speaker Newt Gingrich wields the political power to give Senator Bob Dole this ultimatum. Granted, Gingrich was the driving force in the Contract with America. Yet no one campaigned harder for change in the "revolution" of last fall's elections than Dole. Moreover, Gingrich does not have as much clout among Republicans as your article claims. Many Republicans question his character, his hypocrisy and his motives. Dole is a seasoned veteran, having served for more than 35 years in Congress; and while he understands the importance of brokering compromises in his position as majority leader, that does not mean...
Rent control was abolished by statewide referendum last November, and many felt the CCA's clout vanished with...