Word: clouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party system by encouraging minor party candidates and independents. Opponents also argue that big cities-and their minority groups-would lose some of their present political power. The cities now often decide how large states cast their electoral votes. In a direct vote, the cities would still have clout, but their relative power would decline. Then, too, small states and the less populated regions of the country would no longer be guaranteed a role-however minor-in determining who would live in the White House...
...chairman of the House Interior Committee, Mo Udall has clout where it counts, and he used it. Last week he joined the contingent of irate Arizona officials, including Governor Raul Castro, who appeared in Washington to press the case for CAP. For 40 years, the state has been battling to tap the Colorado. Without the water, says Udall, with his customary flair, Tucson and Phoenix "are going to dry up and blow away...
...most is Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, the German-born Bendix Corp. president, who seemed to have been recruited by Carter for his drive and expertise in foreign commerce; he had been an effective international trade negotiator in the Kennedy Administration. Even before Strauss's nomination, Blumenthal's clout in the new Administration had appeared to be limited by the presence of two other heavyweights in economic policy: Charles Schultze, Carter's chief economic adviser, and Bert Lance, his Budget Director and trusted crony from Georgia...
...Schultze. Of the three, Blumenthal has had the least influence on the Administration's policies, chiefly because he has not yet developed Lance's close relationship with Carter or Schultze's Washington savvy. Once Blumenthal settles into his job, however, he is expected to increase his clout, particularly on tax matters and international economic policy. Schultze is the President's most trusted adviser on overall economic policy, while Lance runs the budget. Where the two areas overlap, Schultze and Lance have had no trouble cooperating...
...Freeze [Jan. 31] shows that nature has more clout than all the oil embargoes, politicians and man-made contrivances put together. If this small show of power doesn't drive home the importance of conservation over waste, we are truly a hopeless...