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...advice. The gap between comforting words and troubling deeds is one reason why there is a deep ambivalence in Europe, the U.S. and Asia about Russia's entire energy policy at a time of growing concern over the security of future energy supplies. Russia lost much of its global clout with the dissolution of the Soviet Union 15 years ago, but after successfully reversing a production slump in the early 1990s, it has re-emerged as an energy superpower. Last year it was the world's second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia. In gas, it is the undisputed world...
...navalists need not have worried. Within a short while, in March 1901, Roosevelt was elected Vice President under McKinley; six months later, following McKinley's assassination, he was catapulted into the highest office. As early as 1902 he demonstrated the growing clout of the U.S. Navy during the so-called Venezuelan crisis. Venezuela's feckless financial policies and its refusal to pay international debts had led to a blockade of its coastline by various European navies, notably Germany's. Urged on by the nationalist wing of the U.S. press, Roosevelt had instructed Dewey, now an admiral, to patrol with...
...Tata group's global clout means its chairman's thoughts on the world economy are worth listening to. The group comprises 93 companies, including the world's second largest tea business (Tata Tea); Asia's largest software firm (Tata Consultancy Services); a steel giant (Tata Steel); a worldwide hotel chain (Indian Hotels); and a sprawling vehicle-manufacturing arm (Tata Motors) that includes a bicycle factory in Zambia and a project to make a car selling for $2,200. Since Ratan Tata became chairman in 1991, he has multiplied Tata group revenues seven times to an annual $21.7 billion. Since...
...elegance. And, heaven knows, I'm a number freak. Attach a few of them to a pitcher's or batter's record, and I'm off in Rotisserie or SABRmetrics dreamland. Ahh, slugging percentage! Oooh, WHIP (walks plus hits divided by innings pitched)! Those numbers have meaning, personality, clout. They lend biographical nuance and historical comparison to the game of baseball...
...Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More.” In addition to offering input on the details of the review, professors say Bok and Incoming Interim Faculty dean Jeremy R. Knowles will be able to use their clout to broadcast the review’s message.The report “needs use of the bully pulpit of the president and dean to articulate not just for the faculty but for the College and for people outside of Harvard what the [general education] principles are all about...