Word: potente
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Whether the men in power were resisting the forces of democracy in China or trying to harness those forces in the Soviet Union and Poland, they could not escape potent reminders of the most ominous and fundamental of all of Marxism's contradictions: the one between people power and the power that Mao Zedong said comes from the barrel...
...decided to permit a limited go-ahead for the controversial Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant. Thousands of activists demonstrated against the start of Seabrook's low-power tests (734 were arrested) on the very weekend before the Sacramento vote. By its effectiveness alone, the referendum became the most potent demonstration ever against nuclear power. What made it more potent still was the unusual nature of the campaign against Rancho Seco...
...stressed that even if private initiative does increase, the government would remain a potent agent of change...
Certainly the challenge of recapturing that spirit on film seems to have tranquilized Russell. His imagery is more confident, less feverish, but no less potent than it has been in years. Perhaps that is because it is once again enlisted in the service of a story worth telling, ideas worth thinking about and a life worth caring about...
...competitive weapons in the major airlines' arsenals, perhaps the most powerful is one that never leaves the ground: the computerized reservation system. More potent than frequent-flyer programs or discount fares, these systems have become vital to an airline's ability to compete and survive. Says Julius Maldutis, who follows the industry for the Salomon Brothers investment firm: "Automated reservation systems are dividing the industry into the haves and have-nots. Those with them are becoming the big eagles. Those without, sitting ducks...