Word: exerts
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...Kinnock "systematically misrepresented and tormented by a very vicious, powerful right-wing press," in Oborne's words, proved a searing experience for Campbell as well as many other Labour supporters of this period. It's a primal source of the determination he has shown as Blair's spokesman to exert iron discipline not only on the press pack but on Labour politicians who might be inclined to deviate from the centrally determined line. He won high marks from the press as Blair led Labour's comeback and first years in government: competent and sharp, a brilliant tactician and worthy opponent...
...former Iraqi soldiers to perform cleanup and security tasks and were stunned when Bremer told them that was not going to happen (a decision he reversed, in part, after a month of turmoil). Garner's 200-member Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq found itself unable to exert authority over the activities of the 146,000 soldiers in Iraq, let alone Iraqi civilians. And part of the problem was Garner himself, who had earned plaudits for overseeing humanitarian efforts in northern Iraq after the first Gulf War but who, according to some Administration officials, lacked the executive savvy...
With this acute interest, Summers has sought to exert influence on a range of College matters, from throwing his weight behind an initiative last year to offer more for-credit study abroad opportunities, to warning against what he feels is too great an emphasis on extracurriculars...
...will be needed to scale down their country's support for the militants. Otherwise, they say, Musharraf may face a backlash from extremist cells, which still abound in Pakistan, as well as from religious parties and some of his own officers. Pakistani officials also argue that Musharraf doesn't exert full control over the wilder extremists roaming Kashmir, such as Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, which are widely blamed for terrible civilian atrocities. Even without support from Pakistan, though, the militants could wreak havoc. One jihadi in Muzaffarabad says that the guerrillas have stashed huge supplies of weapons...
...doesn't have much time. Some China watchers predict that former President Jiang Zemin, who continues to exert influence over the party, will try to shove Hu aside if the government fails to contain the epidemic and China's economy stumbles. There's little cause for optimism on either count. Citigroup economists have lowered the projected growth rate of China's economy this year from 7.6% to 6.5% as a result of the SARS scare. Meanwhile, the virus is picking up steam in the impoverished hinterlands, where public awareness of the risks of SARS is limited and hospitals lack...