Word: clouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...World War II era saw the further entrenchment of Bechtel's financial and political clout. The federal government turned to Bechtel to construct warships for both the British and American fleets. And after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Secretary of War Henry Stimson literally ordered Bechtel to build the Alaska Oil Highway...
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...
...real issue isn't a double standard; it's the censorious clout of the rating system. Jack Valenti, the MPAA boss who invented the system, insists it is "purely voluntary" and meant only as a guide to parents. If that were so, he would allow separate versions of a film (R and NC-17) to play in different theaters. Then smart, serious moviemakers like Stone, Smith and Megahey would be able to write and direct pictures to their own standards, and not a 16- year...
...guys and gals, this is Biff Bixley with the scores. Another great night for baseball. Dingers were flying everywhere. Thirty-two home runs, including a clout by Matt Williams of the Giants that looks like it went into orbit. Roll that tape! Is this ball juiced or what? With 44 taters, the Mattmeister has now moved ahead of Roger Maris' record pace. But the big news was in Cleveland, where Albert Belle crushed two homers, including this titanic upper-deck shot, to lead the Tribe to a 9-3 victory over the Brewers. For the first time since...
...Union ship), the college is a proud dinosaur of the Old South, notable today for two things. One is its alumni network, which includes at least one South Carolina Senator, one former Governor and countless other sons of Dixie whose extraordinary mutual loyalty gives them enormous local clout. The other is its abysmal treatment of freshmen, or "knobs," so named because their shaved heads resemble doorknobs. Some claim the first flows from the second, as adversity forges lasting friendships. Others say it's not worth it: the school has withstood claims of hazing, particularly an incident involving a black cadet...