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...established in 1946 so that one person would oversee these unruly organizations. In the decades since, however, no director has had the inclination or clout to rein in these agencies. Deutch is doing just that. Instead of becoming bogged down in CIA business, as past chiefs have, Deutch has left the day-to-day operation of the agency to his executive director, Nora Slatkin, so he can spend most of his time overseeing the rest of the community...
...while love in bloom may dazzle audiences, in the music business it can incite suspicion and jealousy. Some agents and managers hint darkly that Alagna has used his clout to get plum recording deals for Gheorghiu. Others say Alagna doesn't need to throw his weight around; Gheorghiu can scheme quite nicely on her own. Certainly some intricate maneuvering took place during negotiations for a new recording of Romeo et Juliette, masterminded for RCA by Placido Domingo, who plays the hero. Gheorghiu backed out of a pledge to the project--but guess who she will record the opera with...
What this contraction of services will mean for consumers produces a yin-yang split in perception. Optimists predict that the half-dozen or so remaining big players, with their enlarged networks, will have the clout to force doctors and hospitals to hold down medical costs, which will stabilize premiums for individual and corporate customers. "We're the only mature industrial society on the face of the earth that doesn't like big," says Compton. "Which would you rather have? [A few] real efficient giants competing with one another, or 30 or 40 companies that don't have that scale...
...Whitman adds that the U.S. should employ its considerable economic and political clout to "pry open the markets of other nations for our benefit and the benefit of the world economy." Global liberalization is indeed a worthy cause, but only if promoted within a multilateral framework, such as that offered by the much-maligned World Trade Organization...
...response to the pleas of Hla-Tint and activist groups may have more than economic clout with PepsiCo...