Word: clouts
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Bonny Bess Myerson, beauty from the Bronx, seemed to have everything -- a Miss America crown (1945), big money and political clout. But last April she resigned her $83,000-a-year job as New York City's commissioner of cultural affairs because of what the papers called the "Bess mess." Her romance with Contractor Carl Capasso was a family-wrecking affair, upended when Capasso ran into the tax trouble that got him a four-year prison term. Worse still were charges that in 1983 Myerson gave a $19,000 job to the daughter of State Supreme Court Justice Hortense Gabel...
...most eager to break that threesome is Nakasone, who covets the role of kingmaker in order to maintain clout once he leaves office. Ever the shrewd politician, he has not publicly declared his choice. Though only a so-so golfer, Nakasone has proved himself a pro at playing the intricate game of politics...
...heaven forfend -- strong expression of frustration or need. Occasionally an old pro like Denholm Elliott, Barry Foster or Ben Kingsley disregards directorial discretion and rips into a scene, because that's what actors are supposed to do. The young leading men, though, do not have the confidence or the clout to break through Ivory's enervated politesse...
...Democrats, because of the 1986 election returns that gave them a Senate majority, now have the clout to block Bork. They should do so. And remember--it's just politics...
...dubbed council wars by local comics who portrayed Vrdolyak as a Darth Vader and Washington as a Luke Skywalker who destroyed the "machine star" by hitting at its core, the mayor's office--had its final clash this past year when Washington showed that he had enough political clout to maintain his Democratic endorsement for Mayor. He then handily won the general election, defeating a Republican and Vrdolyak...