Word: wield
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...American institutions that wield intellectual influence far disproportionate to their size, from Ivy League colleges to the New Hampshire primary, few have had more enduring impact than the little magazines of political and literary opinion. At the 70-year-old New Republic, Owner Martin Peretz likes to say, "Our circulation is only 97,000, but it is the right 97,000." Among the magazine's subscribers: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Geraldine Ferraro and Edward Kennedy. Traditionally, the opinion magazines have preached to the converted, offering the dependable pleasures of a party line. But since Peretz bought...
...well as in general ideological leaning. Vellucci is closer to the conservative bloc than the liberal one, his strong and vocal support of rent control and other housing-related issues caused him to align himself with the liberal camp on many controversial decisions in the past, enabling him to wield considerable power as the council's swing vote...
...Francisco Bureau Chief Michael Moritz reported on that city's vice-presidential contender, Mayor Dianne Feinstein, and Associate Editor William R. Doerner, his predecessor as bureau chief, wrote the Feinstein story. Moritz points out that in San Francisco, female politicians now wield considerable power: six of eleven municipal supervisors are women, and so are the city treasurer and two of the area's congressional representatives. Sums up Moritz: "Feinstein has had to work harder, leap higher barriers and endure more political setbacks than most of the men who came before her. And the city is working better than...
...less. Yet a party survey last November revealed that some 21,000 party officials enjoyed living quarters that, on an average, were six times that size. Since living space has become the nation's most precious commodity, those who control housing permits and those in the construction business wield inordinate power. Numerous blocks of apartments have remained empty for months while different groups bickered over how to divide the spoils. Some officials have made a killing in the confusion. Zheng Suzhi, party secretary in Zhejiang province, blithely canceled more than $200,000 in debts owed the state by some Hong...
Great Kremlin Palace. He was flanked by the men of the Politburo's old guard who now wield the most influence behind the scenes: Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, 75, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 74, and Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, 78. But one measure of the shifting alignment of power in the post-Andropov era was the attention paid to Gorbachev, 53. Ever since Andropov's death, there have been indications that Gorbachev was in effect the country's new No. 2 man. The fact that he should be the one to nominate Chernenko for the presidency seemed...