Word: wield
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reform." New York Democrat Robert Kennedy noted that while the money would theoretically be used only in presidential contests, the act was so loosely worded that funds could easily be diverted to boost favored local candi dates. With such a huge fund at his disposal, an incumbent President could wield vast control over local party machines. In Kennedy's case, the implications for 1972 were all too obvious...
...Assurance Co. and one of the new drive's organizers,* said of the young radicals: "We've waited almost a year to see them come up with a program. They haven't, and now we have." To Dr. Kenneth Clark, the Negro psychologist, the decision to wield green power rather than shout black power represents "part of our growing up." Prosperous Negroes, of course, have for many years contributed quietly to the N.A.A.C.P., the Urban League and similar groups. "What makes this new move important," says Clark, "is that it takes the wealthy Negro away from...
Investment-counseling firms often seem to wield a power far out of proportion to their size. Bankers, business leaders and bureaucrats pore over their forecasts. Pension plans, trusts and mutual funds sometimes swing on their recommendations. And while no one claims that they can change the economy, they sometimes come close-simply by changing their own economists. Last week one of the leading consultants, Manhattan's Lionel D. Edie & Co., ordered just such a switch...
Scored like tennis, the game takes place on a wooden platform 60 ft. long and 30 ft. wide surrounded by chicken-wire walls, off which the ball can be played, as in squash. Players wield short-handled wooden paddles, get only one serve for each point. The heavy sponge-rubber ball, colored orange so that it shows up against snowy backgrounds, is extremely lively, with the result that sharply angled shots become as important as sheer power. Favorite ploys include the deep lob that forces the opponent away from the net and a low, sinking squash shot that slides...
...sense, Ed Brooke has a 50-state constituency, a power base that no other Senator can claim. Not only is he in a position to show his race the way out of apartheid politics; he could also wield considerable influence in the selection of the G.O.P. presidential candidate in 1968?and beyond. Though he is cagey enough not to commit himself so soon, he leans toward Michigan's George Romney for '68. Since more Negroes could come to resent Romney's Mormon religion?which still has an archaic tenet that denies the "priesthood" to Negroes?Brooke would be a valuable...