Word: wield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chance for the starring role because he is in poor health or political disgrace. But the new man could have cause for concern about the ambitions of tough Ukrainian Party Boss Vladimir Shcherbitsky, 64. Half a dozen others figured in the handicapping for the succession to Brezhnev and still wield great power. Five of them are voting members of the Politburo...
With a mandate to test the waters and report to the council next Sunday Smith said last night he planned to learn this week how much control the student government could wield "I really want to know who in charge here because they haven I told us, he said...
Following is a brief glossary of some of the people who wield power at Harvard. They will to varying degrees shape your life here, but you may never see them other than at Opening Exercises or Commencement or perhaps once over a candlelit dinner in Lowell House...
...size, and losing control of a speedboat that killed two bystanders. The bulk of Pastorini's talents will no doubt be strained to the utmost, along with his pectorals, by his role in Voyagers!, a man-lost-in-time rehash. It will require him to look mean and wield a big sword. Is it possible to typecast an actor so early in his career...
...forcing the University to tighten its belt. It is thus especially critical that alumni--the only people whom Harvard inevitably listens to, and indeed, fears--show the University that certain policies must be beyond compromise. If the Fogg debacle proved anything, it is the very power alumni can wield...