Word: exertions
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...situation by pointing to German obtuseness as a taste of things to come. Recognizing the negative impact such perceptions could have on the looming French vote, Kohl paid an extraordinary, secret visit to the Bundesbank. Though all parties denied it, the move was widely interpreted as an attempt to exert political influence over an institution that jealously guards its independence. Kohl argued that Germany had to offer a gesture of goodwill to French voters and other Europeans ahead of the crucial referendum. Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger opposed such an action but finally agreed to back a rate cut of some...
...Russia is cooperating with the U.S. and Britain in the U.N. Security Council, enabling Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to exert more influence than any of his predecessors on the contending parties in the Cyprus dispute...
...When he fled the field last week, Perot explained his retreat the way he had justified his invasion in February -- just doing his public duty. Then, in the face of charges that he was deserting the volunteers he had mobilized, he offered to construct a third force that would exert leverage on the major parties...
Because many of his centurions shared that uncertainty, Perot went on the Larry King Live show Friday night to urge them to "stay the course as a united team." To what end? Perot sketched a vague but grandiose scenario in which his movement would exert "enormous leverage" not only on the presidential candidates but on nominees for Congress as well. If those candidates fail to toe a line Perot has yet to define, his followers would exact retribution at the polls...
...return to the White House staff is expected to take place around the time of the Republican Convention, in mid-August. The Secretary of State wants to avoid leaving government for a job in the campaign, in part because ethics laws would make it impossible for him to exert control over the Administration as a private citizen. Nor does Baker want to go through the confirmation process again in order to rejoin the Cabinet in the event of a Bush victory. Last week Bush's legal advisers were studying ways to allow Baker to remain as Secretary of State...