Word: clouted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lamm soon found out about the clout of the state highway commission, the citizens' associations, the building trades and local mayors looking for tax bases. What started as Lamm's crusading leadership shook down after almost two years into a political compromise: not an interstate, but a four-lane parkway, with limited interchanges. Compromise has become an increasing aspect of modern leadership...
...Ford at 27 became the youngest president of the Harlem Lawyers' Association. Onetime speechwriter for Sutton, Congressman Charles Rangel and Richard Hatcher, mayor of Gary, Ind., Ford commutes between Washington and New York City, where he is head of NOVA (New Opportunities for Voter Action), aimed at harnessing political clout for blacks. Says Sutton: "Ford has poise, balance, intelligence and is 'relevant' ... He's a comer...
...Lexington, rapport comes quickly, because they're all trying to cope with similar problems, though without the sophisticated staffs and political clout of their big-city counterparts. Says Dukes, referring to the confrontation between Klansmen and black activists: "That's the main reason I came to Lexington. I had to get away from it for a while...
...lifers operate on the premise that in a close election, a single-issue group's ability to arouse legions of morally and religiously inspired campaign workers and voters can provide a decisive edge at the polls. The beneficiaries are usually conservative candidates. Moreover, to increase their clout, the pro-lifers are forging a coalition with other conservative groups, including opponents of gun control, the Panama Canal treaties and the Equal Rights Amendment...
...appointed by the governments of the nine Common Market nations. On paper, both old and new Parliaments have only limited consultative powers, but the potential for expansion lies in public hearings and budgetary scrutiny. The fact that its representatives are popularly elected and that many of them carry political clout at home should lend force to the new Parliament's recommendations...