Word: exerting
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...influence on the decisions of what should be courts of law. The nine members of the state Supreme Court themselves raised $11 million in the last election. The five lawyers who joined the Public Citizen lawsuit because they were solicited for contributions understand the pressure that such influence can exert...
Facing a young Cornell team of five freshman and one sophomore, Harvard had to exert more effort than it anticipated. Despite the surprising strong effort of the Big Red, the Crimson still managed to control the match...
Scientists are just beginning to disentangle the myriad levels on which human beings and the natural climate system interact, which only increases the potential for surprise. For example, we now realize that not all the aerosols we are pumping into the atmosphere exert a cooling effect. A notable exception is soot, which is produced by wood fires and incomplete industrial combustion. Because of its dark color, soot absorbs solar energy rather than reflecting it. So when a recent scientific excursion to the Indian Ocean established that big soot clouds were circulating through the atmosphere, a number of scientists speculated that...
...proposes banning soft money contributions from individuals, which he has said exert a corrupt influence on the political process. McCain supports so-called "paycheck protection," which could require unions and corporations to obtain their employees' consent before using company money for political purposes...
Then again, maybe not. Since when do American territories exert influence in Presidential nominations? If we rebelled against England in 1776 for taxation without representation, since when do we offer representation without taxation? You are telling us that these people live in their various paradises without even the speed bump of federal taxes? Sign us up. At least we can comfort ourselves that they don't get any say in the fall, when it matters--what will they, sitting on their beaches, say then...