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...Administration's rebuttal is that voting rights gains among blacks and reapportionment of state legislatures have given the poor greater political clout, making it less likely that legislatures will act harshly to lower current welfare and food stamp benefits. Political Scientist William K. Muir at the University of California in Berkeley agrees. "Thirty years ago, you had a political system rigged against the poor and the black. But by and large, that has been cured. It's very rare to see a diminution of the franchise once it has been obtained...
...will use more than 100 at the Winter Olympics. Sports reporters shy from criticizing the powers that be in sports but are airily bolder than news reporters in commenting on and criticizing the players and coaches they cover. They don't need to worry about the political clout, or the dignity, of people they show (dignity in hockey?). They are freer to rearrange reality. Roone Arledge invented prime-time Olympics-singling out anticipated stars to build up in advance, juggling tapes, and the clock to show the most dramatic events at peak hours. Purists may object that Arledge...
...negotiations with tenants, Harvard has agreed to provide some room--25 per cent--in a refurbished Craigie Arms for low and moderate-income earners who qualify for state and federal subsidies. But considering Harvard's clout with the state housing agency--a member of the Corporation served as chairman during the Dukakis administration and an attorney for Harvard's Craigie Arms veloper served as general counsel to the board for several years--this concession is little more than a token gesture. And if one wishes to compare the deal offered to tenants with the mortgage arrangement offered to Faculty members...
...with Secretary of State Alexander Haig, and rarely hesitated to reveal that in public. He had not been effectively performing even his limited duties as a low-profile coordinator of foreign policy advice. He had been saddled with an impossible task, serving as a presidential adviser with no real clout and limited access to Reagan. With the job about to be redefined and strengthened, he simply did not have the personality or stature to handle...
...basis for an eventual normalization of relations--if not outright reunification--with East Germany. In fact, Schmidt--who was visiting East German leader Erich Honecker at the moment of the crackdown against Solidarity--did not bother to cut short their talks. He is clearly sensitive to the political clout of the European peace movement that this fall mobilized several hundred thousand of Germany's youth...