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...fortunes of pregnant women and infants to a program with little political clout? Why force women to suffer through complicated enrollment procedures and to spend hours searching for a doctor? A Medicaid explosion would further advance the isolation of the poor in the American health care system and society...
...room to grow. Since then the business has developed with a passion. Now a vigorous adult, cable reaches 54% of U.S. television homes and has annual advertising revenue of more than $1.8 billion, compared with just $60 million in 1980. But the industry's rapid expansion and newfound clout have prompted sources ranging from consumer groups to motion-picture studios to call loudly for renewed regulation...
...Guard churches that defined the nation's spiritual and moral ethos from Plymouth Rock through the 1950s are coping with a decline in numbers and social clout. Strategic failures abound in recruitment, missions and education, while demographic trends point to an even bleaker future...
...Disney's clout often assures that such movies are financially successful anyway, Katz said. "We can sell virtually anything," he said...
Election victories give populists more clout. -- An exclusive poll shows what the comrade thinks. -- Haunted by history's horrors...