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Babbit, for one, called for the end of the Presidential primary system that gives the conservative votes of the state to our immediate north incredible clout. Opposition to this unrepresentative method of electing our presidents is a position advocated by everyone concerned with politics--everyone, that is, except for those who ever hope to become president...
...aborted coup reinforced the view of a number of key officials in Washington that the U.S. -- and other nations -- must come to terms with India's growing military and political clout in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. Said Richard Armitage, then the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs: "It doesn't make sense for the U.S. not to have a congenial relationship with the largest democracy and the dominant military power in the subcontinent -- and with a country that will clearly take its place on the world stage in the 21st century...
...remarkable. No wonder the press and public were fascinated by the announcement that Time Inc. and Warner Communications would join to form the world's largest information and entertainment company. From Tokyo to Paris to Hollywood, media moguls sized up the new firm, trying to gauge its potential clout in the increasingly fierce international battle for the attention of readers, filmgoers and television viewers. The New York Times proclaimed that the union would "insure Time Warner a place in the 1990s as one of a handful of global media giants." Declared the Chicago Tribune: "The deal creates a corporate dynamo...
Eastern's unions welcome the prospect of dealing with a judge instead of Lorenzo. But they too will lose clout under Chapter 11. For one thing, the bankruptcy court has the power to set terms for a contract settlement. But the unions will also be able to file a reorganization plan for the airline. Union leaders gave every indication that the strike will continue. At week's end its focus turned to picketing Continental facilities at airports in Miami, Houston, Denver and Newark...
There was also some suggestion around the Milan shows last week that Gigli had left in a bit of a huff, having lost a wrangle over a choice scheduling spot to Ferre, whose revenues ($390 million in 1988) currently carry a good deal more clout than Gigli's (under $10 million). "One day I just woke up and thought I'd like to show in Paris," shrugs Gigli, perhaps forgetting that Paris, for other Italian designers (like Simonetta), turned into a nightmare that left them disenfranchised, with no singular creative identity. "I shouldn't yet take all this for more...