Word: clout
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...Dole, who talks endlessly about leadership, could have urged his Republican colleagues to think beyond the N.R.A.'s financial clout and act in the public interest. Instead, he made the eccentric proposal to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, a suggestion best described as tone-deaf, since it came only hours after the Olympics bombing. "The Senator's view," explained a campaign spokesman, "is that he should address the problem of terrorism in an appropriate forum." Like what? "Like his meeting with President Mubarak." So what happened then? After seeing the Egyptian leader last Thursday, Dole said, "We discussed...
...parlay the role of this adorable meddler into a multimillion-dollar picture deal, as Clueless's Alicia Silverstone did. Still, Emma could conceivably vault Paltrow from her current status as bright ingenue to the top of the list of serious young actresses who combine Oscar eclat and box-office clout--a little Streep, a little Sandra Bullock. Anyway, Emma is a showcase part, handsomely played...
...FlorCruz says the United States has been tacitly encouraging China's new role, and notes that Jiang's announcement closely follows a visit to China by U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake. North Korea still has to be persuaded to come to the table, but China -- uniquely -- has considerable clout with the leadership in Pyongyang. --Scot Woods
...estimated at $8 billion, making it the largest publicly funded project in the United States today. In 1987, then-President Ronald W. Reagan cited the project as an example of pork-barrel spending and vetoed federal funding for it--but the veto was overridden thanks to the enormous clout of the Commonwealth's Democratic heavy-weights on Capitol Hill, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and the late Speaker of the House Thomas M. "Tip" O'Neill...
...title came with a basement office and little clout. Livingstone, in his mid-30s, has no law-enforcement background, and the Secret Service handles all the real security work, but it lets him stroll the corridors of power, exuding an air of mystery and importance. "Basically, my job is to be invisible," Livingstone told a reporter two years ago. "If I'm around, something's wrong...