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While she conceded that Harvard is usually seen as a "Goliath" in the city, O'Neill denied that the University has overwhelming clout with city officials...
...Gulf Coast region in the House since 1972. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, he defended Richard Nixon against impeachment charges. By 1980 his ability to keep friends while taking hard-line positions brought him election as Republican whip. Campaigning for Dowdy, Stennis argued that Mississippi would lose clout, especially in keeping its many defense jobs, with two Republicans in a Democrat-controlled Senate. Lott had an apt reply: "We don't need two Senators who are going to cancel out each other's vote...
...facilitating serious foreign study for credit," as the OCS Guide claims, it should want to see students find the best schools. It seems logical that Harvard, with its strong reputation in international academia, could establish programs at the best institutions in any country. Travel companies, without Harvard's clout, can offer no such guarantees...
...George Bush has wielded the most political clout in the television arena, according to Reese. "Bush's spots seem to have controlled the dialogue--he just repeats what's in the spots and Dukakis has to find some way to answer...
What can be done to help U.S. companies gain global clout? Many business leaders and economists contend that major companies must be permitted to work together, in some cases to plot joint international strategies. According to economists like Lester Thurow, dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management, U.S. antitrust laws may be out of date in an era when it is virtually impossible for one company to monopolize the world market. In Japan major companies work together and with government planners to a much greater degree. Says Motorola's Weisz: "We can't continue as a house divided against...