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...Atwater, a Republican operative of decidedly secular mien. Last week Time got a close look at Reed and his organization by traveling with him as he moved from Washington to New Hampshire and back. He also provided a rare insider's glimpse at the real source of his clout-the satellite-Internet-and-fax machine juggernaut employed by his soldiers in the field...
Conner is the defender thanks as much to his off-water politicking as to his seamanship. His clout with yacht-club cronies led to a new interpretation of the rules, allowing him to replace a broken keel with a better model. Hours before the last semifinals race, in which he would have been eliminated in a 5-min. rout by the mostly women's team aboard Mighty Mary, Conner negotiated a deal to turn the two-boat finals into a three-boat series. In his last finals race, Conner must have cut a deal with an even higher authority...
...long as Americans are fretful about Washington-for that matter, so long as Americans are Americans-it won't go away. How it's expressed, however, is now subject to reconsideration. Then there's the gun lobby, which only a few weeks ago was basking in its renewed clout in Congress. For a while at least, it's once more on the defensive. And if high passion itself becomes less fashionable, the reverberations may even extend to single-issue politics on topics like abortion...
Reinhard led the charge, smacking her second circuit clout of the year and going two-for-three overall...
...Clinton Administration's point people on welfare reform, Ellwood would lose significant clout in Washington if word got out that he was seriously considering the Kennedy School job. Rumors to that ,effect abound in Washington, according tosources close to Ellwood...