Word: wield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mere "adviser, moderator, implementer and integrating influence." He has no authority to settle disagreements among the others, who enjoy the advantage of actually commanding their services. Since any decisions the J.C.S. makes in its role of advising the Secretary of Defense must be unanimous, each member can wield a veto. Rather than continually report their disagreements to their civilian boss as they are required to do, the Chiefs tend simply to add up what each service wants, or to seek some minimum agreement with the aim, notes Jones, of "not goring anyone...
...feel free to push it. But Byrd took a position opposite that of House Democrats, arguing that it would be futile to pass the bill without the votes to override a veto. Republican Senators, also differing with their House counterparts, decided to approve the compromise, just so Reagan could wield his dramatic veto...
Sugar and tobacco interests fared better. After three years of doing fine without Government subsidy, sugar will now be supported at 180 per Ib. for no good reason other than the clout that sugar interests wield. But the Senate did cut back on the increase in grain target prices recommended by the agriculture committee and farm lobbyists. The committee bill would provide subsidies when wheat prices fall below $4.10 per bu. The full Senate lowered that target...
...then, you probably aren't coming here because you want to wield power. You want to be a lawyer. Whatever your professional plans, though, you'll have to eat, and hence you may wonder what the Handbook has to say about food. Using a modified Socratic method, the editors have asked questions which an anthropomorphized Food Service answers. What, the observer may wonder, is the "objective" of Food Services? "The objective of the department is to provide you with a variety of excellent food and courteous service to fulfill your nutritional requirements and to add to your mealtime pleasure...
...time it presents the 1983 budget to Congress next January, the Ad ministration will have to sort out its ideas on what kind of Army, Navy and Air Force (and Rapid Deployment Force) the nation needs for the rest of the 1980s, what weapons they will wield, what kind of strategic doctrine they will be asked to carry out, what sort of manpower policy will fill the ranks, and what assistance the defense production industry needs...