Word: exert
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...conflict diamonds.” The Washington Post reports that al Qaeda launders millions of dollars through the diamond trade. Even the most jaded observer will have to admit that the flow of conflict diamonds must be stopped. Unfortunately, the Kimberly Process won’t exert enough pressure to stop their flow, and worse still, there are a lot of bad characters who will avoid the Kimberly Process’s squeeze...
...Carnegie in 1889 calling the accumulation of wealth "one of the worst species of idolatry" and hilariously praising the virtues of "honest poverty." Here's Andrew Mellon, Treasury Secretary under Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, arguing that when initiative is crippled by high taxes, an individual "will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends." This might have been written yesterday...
Jem’s greatest contribution, however, was her ability to show young girls they could exert influence in the world that was the 1980s. Jem came out just four years after the birth of MTV, and her cartoon show demonstrated that female-dominated bands could have kick-ass rock videos. The hour-long show was specked with music video sequences, each one carrying the mark of MTV. Even Starlight Records was a beacon of hope to young women. Through her work as Jerrica the CEO, Jem showed young girls that the booming big business world...
...dangers inherent in using individual liability lawsuits to punish big tobacco. Not only have suits like Bullock’s been historically ineffective, but they also threaten to weaken support for other more effective types of legal attacks. Collective suits, like class actions or those by the government, exert more financial leverage on tobacco companies, rest on a stronger legal foundation and engender less skepticism from the public...
Today almost all political campaigns are run by consultants who are paid to exert as much control over the election as possible. Unless they are working for a political outsider, most prefer elections that have very low voter turnout because only people with strong party, union, religious or ideological affiliation go to the polls. These voters are very predictable and are the easiest to control. It is no coincidence that, as political campaigns have become more centered around marketing in the past few decades, voter turnout in the entire population has plunged to all-time lows. The consultants and strategists...