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Bush often laments his father's reluctance to wield the power of the presidency to accomplish his objectives. But in his first 18 months in office, the son has shown a similar proclivity for prudence. Bush holds off on using his clout until the facts are in and he can close the deal. And once a plan is in place, he doesn't tinker. In some cases, that has proved a virtue: he didn't rush the bombing in Afghanistan and stayed the course when the battle plan stalled in October. "He runs the presidency on his own timetable," aides...
...early 1990s, SEIU began a steady decline, losing its ties with workers and its clout with local employers, a decline noted in the final report of the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies (HCECP), a committee that recommended the University raise wages after being charged last spring to examine the wage structure for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers...
...even as late as the early years of the administration of James Bryant Conant ’14 in the 1930s, the University had not accumulated the clout it now holds. Admission to the University was simple—1,200 students applied for the 1,000 slots. Beyond that, though, Harvard’s critics saw the University as out-of-touch and pointed to who was attending the College...
Swarthmore students also say working with the student council gives them clout with the administration they might not have on their...
After Sept. 11, the Bush Administration tried to bolster the federal counterterror effort by creating the Office of Homeland Security under Tom Ridge. The office is responsible for plugging holes in the bureaucracy and coordinating some 70 federal agencies and thousands of local government organizations--but Ridge wields little clout over any of them. Bush gave him no authority over Cabinet departments; as a result, many of Ridge's proposals have stalled. Now the Administration is studying ways to give Ridge's office the power he needs to get the job done. The redesign will be unveiled in July...