Word: wield
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When you received your crimson-inked acceptance letter and checked yes on the prepaid postcard, you relinquished your right to be modest about your college, at least to people who would kill to trade lives with you. The aura surrounding Harvard students throughout the world is yours to wield as you please. This aura will grant you instant respect from Aachen to Zanzibar. Wield it wisely, and don’t ruin it for others. Downplaying your Harvard credentials anywhere in the world will only reduce Harvard’s prestige and ruin any respect you’ve built...
...officials and Middle East experts warn that a failure to crush the Mahdi Army will encourage militants across the country to multiply. Other political and ethnic factions have fielded armed militias since the fall of Saddam Hussein, and many wield more authority than Allawi's government. Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni says the Americans who ran Iraq after the invasion are to blame for the unchecked growth of the militias "because they didn't have a clear policy on how to deal with them back when they were easier to put down...
Drawing heavily upon the principles handed down by the United States founders, Byrd argued that no single individual was ever meant to wield such influence over the fate of the nation...
Peer-reviewed journals wield enormous power in the pharmaceutical industry. A study published in one of the more prestigious--the New England Journal of Medicine (N.E.J.M.), say, or the Journal of the American Medical Association (J.A.M.A.)--can make or break a new drug. But the journals are far from perfect. One big problem, says Dr. Drummond Rennie, a J.A.M.A. editor, is that "while journals are very good at evaluating the significance of studies sent to them, what they don't do well is evaluate what's not there...
...Pentagon to lead Iraq after Saddam, Chalabi has since fallen from favor amid a flurry of questions over prewar intelligence he supplied to Washington, his relationship with Iran and more. Although he was passed over for a cabinet-level role in the Interim Government, Chalabi nonetheless continues to wield influence and looks set to play a role in the national council create to advise the new government. A long-time political survivor in a dangerous region, it would be dangerous to count out Chalabi just...