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Some say that, rather than target innocent students, Harvard should use its clout to pressure Congress and President Clinton to change the military's policy. This argument ignores the problem that any lobbying Harvard might do is greatly weakened if its money is not where its mouth is. University administrators would be put in the awkward position of saying, "Discrimination against homosexuals is bad. But thanks for the check, anyway...
...know Huizenga well say he could swiftly become the real power. "He is lightning quick, a classic trader and a gambler," says an entertainment-industry executive. "He looks at Sumner, who is 70. He eats Biondi instantly. He comes out on top." In a sign of Huizenga's likely clout, Redstone flew to Blockbuster headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week to confer with his new partner. Says the Viacom chairman: "I've been down here telling Wayne that the more roles he plays in this, the happier we're going to be." Adds Huizenga: "We're in the middle...
Viacom couldn't afford to let Blockbuster get away, because Redstone needed the video chain's financial clout to defeat Diller and then help pay interest on the debt after the Paramount merger. So Greenhill, whose firm earned $12.5 million for advising Viacom, resorted to a game of high-stakes financial chicken. He allowed the Blockbuster talks to break off rather than accede to Berrard's demands. At the same time, Greenhill instructed Levitt to maintain contact with his pal Berrard. The strategy paid off on Christmas Day, when Levitt, calling from New Jersey on his Jeep Cherokee car phone...
...Yorker, The New York Times, and TheWall Street Journal have each reported on Sandel'srapidly increasing political clout. An Op-Ed piecewhich ran in the Journal on December 15 deemsSandel the participant [at the dinner] who"delivered the most compelling call to rhetoricalaction...
Washington officials are not giving up on Yeltsin and point out that he has "plenty of clout" with the powers he gained under the new constitution. At the same time, as a democrat he must pay attention to his voters' wishes. In his conversations with Yeltsin two weeks ago, Clinton advised the Russian President to roll up his sleeves and begin wheeling and dealing with the parliament, putting together majorities piece by piece, issue by issue. But Yeltsin is not a consensus-building politician, and that would require him to change his above-the-fray style totally...