Word: wield
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...days when musical taste was the shibboleth that marked the good from the bad, for days when I could wield “mainstream” as a snarling epithet, for days when I didn’t know better and didn’t know so much good music existed and didn’t know I would never ever be able to listen to everything because time marched on inexorably. When I imagined there was a canon of musical great works that was fixed, not one that kept growing (and that will keep growing). When I wrote down...
...protestors have further eroded their moral authority with unreasonable demands and an unseemly self-interest. PSLM cheapened its legitimate requests by its call for the creation of a board—not through administrative appointment, but via unspecified means—to wield policy-making power over the University’s wage structure. The group demanded that the board include workers, union representatives, faculty, members of PSLM, and “an administrator.” It is ludicrous to expect the University to cede permanent control over its wages to an outside board, especially one that enfranchises...
Their report, titled "Safeguards at Risk: John Graham and Corporate America's Back Door to the While House," claims that if the Senate approves Graham's nomination, "he will be in a position to wield enormous power, and to undercut public health, safety, and environmental protections for years to come...
...workings of the Supreme Court: He and Justice Harry Blackmun shared geography trivia during dull moments on the bench, and Thurgood Marshall was the Court’s raconteur. Rehnquist also justifies the way the current procedure works. He effectively addresses concerns about the Court: that law clerks may wield too much influence, that the majority of cases petitioning for a hearing aren’t even discussed, or that cases are only allowed one hour of the Court’s time...
...battle for Bush's mind on this issue has barely begun, and the President's old friends in the oil and coal industries--the sources of the fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases--will wield plenty of clout. While Bush told Congress last week that he would support efforts to conserve energy and develop alternatives to fossil fuels, he also declared that "we can produce more energy at home while protecting our environment." Translation: I still want to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...