Word: clouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Executive Office Building. "Some people come to Washington to take over a department and don't know that they can't do much without OMB's approval," Darman once observed. "But they learn--some more painfully than others." Leon Panetta, Clinton's first budget director, wielded similar clout by virtue of his mastery of fiscal arcana, his understanding of Capitol Hill and his rapport with Clinton. When Panetta was elevated to chief of staff, however, his replacement, Alice Rivlin, lacked the political acumen to translate her economic credentials into real sway. She was not even invited to the negotiations with...
...expands his business empire to the Far East. He becomes a top fund raiser for his old friend's party and then taps into a far-flung network of Buddhists for quick cash when the President gets into legal trouble. Eventually, he returns to Washington and earns the clout to move freely in and out of the White House, once bringing as his guest a major arms dealer from the People's Republic of China...
...houses for Toy Story, Jurassic Park and Terminator II, respectively) have been turning digital technology into blockbuster grosses for years. And more recently, as Websites flacking for the likes of 101 Dalmatians and ID4 score multimillion "hit counts," the studios have come to value the Internet's impressive promotional clout...
...official title, chief of the presidential administration, suggests a high-level aide, but that understates his clout. Chubais, 41, has pushed out one rival, the populist general Alexander Lebed, and--for the time being at least--has outmaneuvered another, the uncharismatic but formidable Prime Minister, Victor Chernomyrdin. During the months of Yeltsin's illness, Chubais controlled access to the President so tightly that his enemies dubbed him "the Regent...
...copies of Song of Solomon between 1987 and Oprah's selection last month, immediately churned out 730,000 more. On the day that Morrison appeared on air with Oprah, Barnes & Noble sold 16,070 copies of Song of Solomon nationwide. Oprah provided a bigger boost for Morrison's commercial clout than the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature...