Word: exertions
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...Philip Morris.) According to one of those present at the Ritz-Carlton, the directors considered such a purchase a bad idea; Paley was especially opposed. As a board source later explained, "We don't want the management of a big company that is in some other business to exert an unfair and self-serving influence on public attitudes...
...probably true that despite the mutual disenchantment, moderate Arabs realize that the U.S. remains the only power in a position to exert influence over Israel. Therefore the U.S. and the Arabs still need the help and cooperation of each other. But this is not much comfort at a time of such desperately flagging spirits. Surveying the political landscape last week, a senior British diplomat concluded, "The prospects for a Middle East settlement are worse than they have been for a very long time...
Solidarity is exactly the image he is trying to forge. Combining social issues with union issues, Bozzotto attempted, with some success, to form an alliance with students, an alliance he hopes will exert more force on a stubborn Harvard management than unionism alone. His foray into the divestment world and into the media spotlight were calculated manuevers to gain the support of student and faculty activists, observers speculate. Thus, Bozzotto has pushed the union movement, with mixed success from an isolated facet of the Harvard experience into mainstream anti-Harvard administration...
...served as defense chief for 16 years) and his own undisguised presidential ambitions make them uneasy. They are aware that they would not have gained power had it not been for Enrile's defiance of Marcos, but there is resentment, even fear, of the influence the Defense Minister may exert, particularly if the coalition proves to be fractious. Sensitive to the criticism, the Harvard-educated Enrile went out of his way last week to underscore his commitment to the new government. "Do you think we would have laid down our lives for a corrupt purpose?" he said. "If these (doubters...
...sure, a three-judge federal panel has ruled that the law's mechanism for triggering automatic cuts in spending is unconstitutional. Washington experts believe a final ruling by the Supreme Court may come in late June. But whatever the outcome, the law will continue to exert a powerful influence...