Word: wield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ideas. In that case I won't worry about rights any longer. But I do want to make sure you perceive the contradiction that underlies what has been your public stance of "negative social pressure" against gays and respect for "basic rights". The broad support that is necessary to wield effective negative social pressure will at the same time erode the foundation of gays' civil rights. In all likelihood, it will not be possible for you, Director even as the leader of our movement, to restrain the anti-gay social current that you fostered. A public furor, once aroused, will...
Just how much real power Magaña will wield from the Presidential Palace will become apparent as he begins to assemble his Cabinet. With only two months remaining before Congress again reviews El Salvador's human rights record, Washington policymakers were hoping that Magaña's election would bring real improvement. Said one State Department official: "The government will look good. The nagging doubts are whether it will act well . "- By Thomas A. Sancton...
These changes might not sit quite right with masters who enjoy the comfy feeling which their ability to wield "discretion" apparently gives. But masters have so far failed to develop uniformity this year despite promises. The ongoing confusion among students as to exactly what Harvard allows is gradually precipitating into resentment between Houses and toward particular masters. On the inconsequential subject of a couple of mugs of beer on a Saturday night, the masters should quickly establish slight house taxes and cease trying to administer the policy themselves. Further neglect could turn what should be nothing more than an altogether...
...more than overhaul the budgetmaking process. They were designed to break the stranglehold on legislation held by powerful committee chairmen, often crusty autocrats and disproportionately Southern conservatives who attained power by virtue of seniority, not skill. One not wholly unexpected result has been that even relative newcomers now wield considerable power. Eager to make their mark, but lacking expertise, they tend to produce sloppily drafted laws. Example: an energy bill produced by the Senate Finance Committee was intended to assist Northerners earning below the poverty line in paying their heating bills but ended up subsidizing Southerners in running their...
...which leaves open the question of whether judges should ever seek to wield influence behind the-scenes. Murphy implicitly suggests the conventional answer; they should not for publicity of judicial meddling could undermine the prestige of the Court and the rule of law. But never does he effectively counter the opposite argument: that judges many of whom rose from the political ranks themselves, often possess more political acumen and vision than election-hungry politicians...