Word: clouts
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...that has ranged from Polo shirts to his Santa Fe collection. In terms of his standing in the industry, he has become fashion's equivalent of an old-time movie mogul who creates, directs and lives out his own view of high style. Lauren possesses the financial and personal clout to put his name on just about any product, or roomful of products, he pleases...
...people spend and invest their money rather than allow shills for favored industries to use the tax code to tinker with the economy? Get real! Such a drastic overhaul would amount to putting the public interest ahead of special interests -- in this case nearly every interest with enough clout to hire a lobbyist. And everybody knows the political process does not work that...
...Missouri proposed a code with low rates and few deductions. New York Congressman Kemp, a prime architect of the 1981 tax cuts, later teamed up with Wisconsin Senator Robert Kasten to write a Republican bill that embodied many of the same principles. But none of these legislators had the clout to get action. That could be done only by the President, and Reagan was uninterested...
...Robertson proved in Tuesday's Michigan primaries that he can turn his faithful flock into grass-roots political organizers and then headed off to Iowa, where the first real presidential caucus will be held almost 18 months from now. In the long run Jackson is likely to wield more clout. One reason: he can make a credible threat of mounting a disruptive third-party candidacy should he fail to swing the Democrats to the left. Robertson, 56, insists, "I work at coalitions. I wouldn't dream of doing anything to hurt the Republican Party...
...Committee. In less than two years as chairman, the Rhodes scholar and former mayor of Indianapolis has taken firm charge of a committee that in recent years has been rendered virtually impotent by dissension. By working to put together strong majorities on foreign-policy issues, he has brought greater clout to the panel than it has enjoyed in a decade. "He's a good chairman," says the committee's ranking Democrat, Rhode Island's Claiborne Pell. "He's fair and patient and would prefer a consensus to winning a point by a vote." Lugar has also earned high praise...