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...with it. And only if you love something will you try to protect it.' In years to come, when they want to build dams here, you will be the people who will help us stop it." At $15,000 a week, it's likely those clients will have some clout. www.nomadsoftheseas.com
...that is no longer the case. The playground dynamics have changed, and Ann Coulter is about as popular as Typhoid Mary. If LGBT organizations criticize her from the margins, it’s our own fault. Sure she has her following, and even some clout in the fever ward, but that’s beside the point. The point is that whining about the psychological scars that Coulter gave us from the confines of the losers’ table is just not effective. It’s time to sit back down with the cool kids, cross our arms...
...Lieberman is using his clout mostly in ways that discomfit his fellow Democrats, while his relationship with Republicans has involved more collaboration than coercion. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Bush's State of the Union proposal for a bipartisan terrorism panel was redundant, Lieberman, who supported the idea, privately sent Reid a letter saying he was "upset." Within days, Reid backed down and negotiated the panel's makeup with the White House. And last month, after Lieberman told Reid he had stopped attending the weekly Democratic lunch because he didn't feel comfortable discussing Iraq there, Reid offered...
...first narrative film, The Great Train Robbery, made in 1903, was a 10-min. Western. But advances in technology and changes in viewing habits meant that by the '60s, shorts had become the currency of film schools and festivals, and by 2005 they had lost so much pop-culture clout that short-subject Oscar winners had to accept their awards in their seats, with their backs to much of the audience. "Next year they're gonna give out Oscars in the parking lot," joked host Chris Rock...
...Putin took over. Since then he has ruthlessly reasserted Kremlin control over the energy sector and the media. The economy has bounced back, with growth averaging 6.8% and inflation coming down into single digits. Putin's most impressive achievement, however, has been to restore Russia's global clout. While his predecessor acted the clown on the international stage, Putin has relished playing the tough guy. Indeed, when I saw him speak at the recent international Conference on Security Policy in Munich, the Russian President gave a striking impersonation of Michael Corleone in The Godfather--the embodiment of implicit menace...