Word: exert
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...proposal was one of three plans outlined by the Faculty Council to ensure that professors exert substantial power in the appointment of outgoing Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s successor...
...with Chile's good diplomatic and economic ties with the United States that have been maintained by her fellow Socialist Lagos. In the meantime, Chile, whether under a Bachelet or a Pi?era administration, is likely to want to improve often tense relations with Bolivia-and in the process perhaps exert a moderating influence on the Morales presidency. -By Crist?bal Edwards/Santiago...
...company. (Aristide's lawyers deny the charges.) Aristide had been restored in 1994 after the intervention of 20,000 U.S. soldiers; his close associate René Préval, a former President who served between the two terms of Aristide, is the front runner in the current race. Washington continues to exert influence, if in a less militant way. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Haiti last fall to nudge elections forward. They have been postponed at least four times, thanks to electoral incompetence, lack of security and the country's systemic chaos. There's no guarantee that the next scheduled vote...
...bend to the pressure of unjust laws. They more than any other individuals have the power to achieve true justice. Tookie Williams, before his execution, served as a prime example of why the death penalty should be abolished. Williams showed that even the cruelest criminals can be rehabilitated to exert positive influences outside their jail cells. While it is regrettable that he never apologized for the crimes he committed, Williams accomplished praiseworthy projects while in prison. He wrote a series of children’s books designed to steer young people away from street gangs and towards a life...
...gays in the HRC, this means that their views will be recognized and considered, but that said, their presence will not exert undue influence in deciding the club’s positions on issues related to their livelihood...