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...French-speaking province of Quebec would secede and the country would fall apart. Last week Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and 10 provincial premiers finalized an agreement aimed at keeping the 125-year-old confederation intact. They agreed to constitutional reforms that would provide greater autonomy for Quebec, more political clout for the country's less populous regions and self-government for aboriginal Canadians...
...A.B.A.'s tilt to the left on these issues is attributable partly to the increasing political clout of women. In the past 12 years, women have gone from 8% of the legal profession to 21%. Said the A.B.A.'s outgoing president, Talbot D'Alemberte: "The future of this profession lies largely with women, and women care passionately" about abortion. Predictably, the A.B.A.'s action displeased fellow lawyer Dan Quayle, who won a good deal of support last year for his more precisely targeted complaint about exploding legal costs. "The American Bar leadership," said the Vice President last week, "is just...
Robinson has virtually created a new office, one with far more clout than the retirement sinecure it had become. Though she barely squeaked in, her popularity standing in a recent poll was around 80%. A lot of it has to do with Irish pride. By opening up the presidential mansion to virtually any group that wants to come, she has nurtured her countrymen's love for their history. By sailing expertly through 25 or 30 public engagements a week, she | is a highly visible symbol of the national character. By visiting Northern Ireland and encouraging travel between the two states...
Part of the reason for the University's declinein influence is the growth of other sources ofpolitical clout. As public opinion polls play anincreasingly powerful role in shaping policy, themore abstract political prognostication ofacademia is forced to take a back seat...
...Walsh exuded a cocky self-confidence based on his legal/political clout and believed that he could do most anything [in his business deals]," Cargill stated. He also wrote that Walsh's transactions "had serious conflicts of interest...