Word: exertion
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...There is a real sense of empowerment that comes with this," Kemeny says. "The women's association [on campus] have the power to really exert influence...
...short, you finally have enough room to exert absolute control over your life...
Powerful court cases are like a tornado. They exert a devastating centripetal force. Try as you may to keep yourself on the periphery, you can be dragged deep into a nasty center, the kind of place where it's easy to be torn apart. It must feel that way lately for some of the people who once thought of themselves as secondary players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson...
...Madison. Ludwig consulted Hanson and deputy White House counsel Joel Klein. They thought it "would not be appropriate," and Ludwig told the President so when next they met. So what? Maybe nothing -- but the incident does not exactly disprove critics who are worried that the White House tried to exert improper influence on government regulatory agencies to soft-pedal Whitewater-related inquiries...
...interracial love comes with costs. Undergraduates who date students of different races say their families and other members of their ethnic groups can exert pressure to limit relationships to within one's own race...