Word: clout
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CHESS London's frantic multimedia hit was rewritten for Broadway as a tender, doom-struck musical meditation on how East-West politics crush individuals. Trevor Nunn's trademark cinematic staging gave narrative clout to the best rock score ever produced for the theater...
...POWER GAME (PBS, Jan. 2-5, 8 p.m. on most stations). Former New York Times correspondent Hedrick Smith tries to explain who really wields the clout in Washington in this series based on his book...
...junk-bond offering as part of the $25 billion leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. For its share in financing history's largest takeover, Drexel expects to take in $229 million before expenses. Many clients still profess their allegiance. Says raider and oilman Pickens, who relied on Drexel's financing clout to make bids for Gulf Corp. and Phillips Petroleum: "I have the highest regard for Fred Joseph...
Gorbachev, who has made clear his understanding that the competition for influence in Europe will depend less on military than economic clout, has staked his claim under the banner of a "common home from the Urals to the Atlantic" shared by the Soviets and West Europeans. By establishing trade, opening markets and seeking financial credits (as well as unilaterally cutting troops), Gorbachev hopes to entice Western Europe into sharing his vision of home...
...sides. As Jackson becomes a Harold Stassen with clout, a good many other Democrats are becoming apoplectic. A second loss, they had hoped, would finish him. But, as Jackson says, "no way I'm going away." So for many Democrats, both black and white, the Jackson factor is becoming the Jackson problem. "What does Jesse want?" 1988's continual refrain, has become "How do we treat him?" a code question for "How do we get rid of Jackson and still retain black support...