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Just think of the clout the Ruckenbacks will have seven generations from now if the eleven brothers and sisters and their progeny each contributes an equal number of offspring to the world's population pot. All told, 214,358,881 Ruckenbacks would be on hand to express their opinions with their votes...
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club: erstwhile managers of the Loeb Theater. The Drama Club may lose some clout this year when Robert Brustein, formerly of the Yale Repertory Theater, takes over, but no one is sure just how their relationship will develop...
Lamm soon found out about the clout of the state highway commission, the citizens' associations, the building trades and local mayors looking for tax bases. What started as Lamm's crusading leadership shook down after almost two years into a political compromise: not an interstate, but a four-lane parkway, with limited interchanges. Compromise has become an increasing aspect of modern leadership...
...Ford at 27 became the youngest president of the Harlem Lawyers' Association. Onetime speechwriter for Sutton, Congressman Charles Rangel and Richard Hatcher, mayor of Gary, Ind., Ford commutes between Washington and New York City, where he is head of NOVA (New Opportunities for Voter Action), aimed at harnessing political clout for blacks. Says Sutton: "Ford has poise, balance, intelligence and is 'relevant' ... He's a comer...
...Lexington, rapport comes quickly, because they're all trying to cope with similar problems, though without the sophisticated staffs and political clout of their big-city counterparts. Says Dukes, referring to the confrontation between Klansmen and black activists: "That's the main reason I came to Lexington. I had to get away from it for a while...