Word: wield
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...struck down every prior restraint it has considered on the merits. It has also recognized the good served by the airing of alleged government misconduct and granted the press special leeway in those cases. The CNN dispute fits squarely into that mould. The power that the national media can wield may be frightening, but it is mild in comparison to the danger of placing editorial decisions in the hands of the judiciary. Moreover, given the questionable complicity between Noriega and the United States Government, we cannot allow that secrecy to continue...
Influence, but not necessarily power. Like Niezabitowska, 40, East Germany's Sylvia Schultz is, at 34, a woman who chose to wield her influence through the man she served. In her case it was East Germany's last Prime Minister, Lothar de Maiziere. She was his chief of staff, the aide who ran the P.M.'s office, advised him on every issue and traveled at his side wherever he went...
While America's power to influence the world environment has declined, it has not disappeared by any means. But to wield such influence, the first task for the U.S. is to renew and rebuild itself, to restore its economic growth and productive capacity and replenish its wealth...
Since Gorbachev became President in March, he has tried to wield the extra powers of the office to steer the country away from a centralized system, where everyone took orders from above, toward a society where decisions would come from below and be coordinated with a vastly reduced administrative center. The only problem is that the old chain of command has all but collapsed, and nothing has arisen to take its place. The President's decrees have been largely ignored by the country's restive republics, determined to grab as much authority as they can from Moscow. Leading the revolt...
After 100 days of ruling Nicaragua, what power does the Violeta Chamorro government actually wield? Not much, according to State Department officials, who believe that the ousted Sandinistas still run the country. "The civilians hold the offices, but the Sandinistas have all of the muscle, and they monitor phone calls at will," says a U.S. diplomat just back from Nicaragua. Humberto Ortega, brother of the ex-President and Chamorro's army chief, earns grudging American respect as the most politically adroit figure in the country. Chamorro gets a harsh assessment. "Even her friends call her 'Rag Doll,' " says...