Word: clouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because Kennedy represents Massachusetts--the only state in which students at private universities out-number those at public institutions--Harvard especially benefits from his influence, Corlette said. "The state will lose a lot of clout if it loses Senator Kennedy," she added...
...clout in the Senate has enabled much important social legislation to be passed. He has backed the Clean Air Act, co-sponsored the Freedom Of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, sponsored the Family and Medical Leave Act, as well as last week's $60 billion Elementary and Secondary School Education...
...crammed with glamorati three weeks ago for a state dinner honoring Boris Yeltsin. Few noticed that among the visitors from Hollywood were three men -- director Steven Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and ousted Disney movie chief Jeffrey Katzenberg -- who between courses were giddily planning to merge their talent and clout in a new entertainment company. "We're in tuxedos talking about a brand new studio," Spielberg recalls, "and just across from us there's Yeltsin and Bill Clinton talking about disarming the world of nuclear weapons...
Still, he is trading on his clout, which just last week brought home new pork, saving more than 500 jobs which had been scheduled to be cut at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass...
...safety at the USDA. "They had that study, and I was convinced the consumer would benefit from lower-cost chicken." Many studies since then have shown that washing is ineffective, even after 40 rinses. (Trimming is still required for beef, "because the meat industry doesn't have poultry's clout," says a USDA official.) Simply put, the slaughtering process in which washing is the integral component merely removes the visible fecal matter while forcing harmful bacteria into the chicken's skin and body cavity -- and therefore out of the sight of inspectors who supposedly guarantee the product's wholesomeness...