Word: wield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...profit involved in dealing drugs has increased, so has the amount of violence resulting from wars over dealers' turf. Without the profits they gain from selling illegal drugs, gangs in the inner cities of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and other cities would wield far less power and would be much less attractive to inner-city youths...
...much influence do the clerks really wield? According to one recent alumnus, "a clerk has influence but never makes a decision." The power comes, he explains, "from being able to track down information and think of new ways to argue a case." Says AFL-CIO lawyer Walter Kamiat, once a clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall: "In most chambers, the Justices are looking for all the perspectives in a case. I did not feel it was my function to insert my views in opinions, but it was my responsibility to raise any issues I saw." Justice Department lawyer James Feldman...
...nemesis out of the country now that she has been cleared by a U.S. court. While most of her family's treasure trove of funds -- allegedly looted from the nation -- remains frozen pending the outcome of four civil suits in the U.S., Marcos nonetheless remains relatively free to wield influence. Were Marcos to come home, Aquino fears she would use her fortune and following to mount a political challenge to the democratic government, perhaps even run for President. That, say observers, may be just what it takes to persuade Aquino to run for a second term...
...with two others, does not have a uniform or even a helmet to show he is a soldier. As if to compensate, he proudly wears mottled blue-black swirls on his arms and chest -- make-believe tattoos. His commander drew them with charcoal because no one in camp can wield tattoo needles properly. Other kids tease him about trying to act like a grownup and joke that he even has a girlfriend. But Khi Ha Won shakes his head with shy dignity. "Oh, no, impossible." He knows he is too young for that...
...think that potentially he can wield quite alot of power the way the ordinance is written,"Wise said. "He is quite a humanitarian and he isnot limited to the requirements of the ordinance.His hands are not tied--if he sees something thatshould not be happening he can stop...