Word: clout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...race to build advanced materials, technological prowess and financial clout may not count as much as imagination. The winners will be those who can not only fabricate exotic materials but also dream up myriad ways to use them...
...That's not just marketplace clout; it's a strategic and political sledgehammer," he said. "There is no way the civilized world is about to give Saddam Hussein that kind of power over the very lifeline of the world's economy...
...need someone with clout to get things done for undergraduates," said Faith...
Drawing on widespread dissatisfation with the declining standards of American schools, Republican senatorial hopeful James W. Rappaport has been pitching a plan to revamp the department of Education, by stripping of it its financial clout and shifting authority to the local level...
...August 1988 neither regulatory forbearance nor political clout could disguise Silverado's woes: the company announced a $200 million loss. Wise began publicly looking for a buyer to bail out the company. Silverado was insolvent, and Bush glibly announced that he was resigning because his father had been nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. On Oct. 24 the Colorado regulators notified their federal counterparts in Topeka that the hemorrhaging Silverado would be shut down at the end of the month...