Word: wield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...call a new election (probably by 1982) in which all of the country's 17 million voters would choose a chief executive. Trying to build a consensus for such reforms, Choi has met with more than 400 leaders of key groups-the military men who currently wield the decisive power, opposition politicians, business and community representatives from all over the country. As a result of Choi's efforts, the ruling and opposition parties in the National Assembly have agreed with rare unanimity to join in forming a Deliberation Committee for revision of the constitution...
...democracy and freedom, which we took upon ourselves to defend anywhere in the world, America found itself mired in the tropical hell of Vietnam--fighting a war with no strategy beyond slaughtering as many Viet Cong as possible, deploying awesomely lethal and destructive technology but without the will to wield it effectively. The war was run by "four star clowns fighting in a four star circus" as Colonel Kurz bitterly notes at the film...
Some Cardinals wield personal power at the Vatican as members on the boards of various Curia offices. But a dozen or so Cardinals, all of whom live in Rome, have overwhelming influence through multiple membership on such boards. Regular gatherings of the entire college will give added power to the 72% of Cardinals who now live outside Rome, and provide the Pope with leverage against the Curial establishment...
...cares about the School Committee. Candidates spend as much time convincing the public to take them seriously as they do debating issues. While City Council candidates bask in the limelight, school committee candidates patiently remind voters that they wield as much power as their more esteemed colleagues...
...Greek chorus in the anomalous figure of Che Guevara (Mandy Patinkin). Che dogs every step of Eva's checkered ascent through calculated boudoir encounters and forays into stage, films and radio un til she meets, seduces and marries Juan Perón (Bob Gunton) and comes to wield an awesome share of his dictatorial power. The idea of using Guevara as a moral commentator and social conscience is quintessentially farcical, but Patinkin pours Brechtian acid into the role...