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Helms' Clout...
...into blocs representing regional, ethnic and economic as well as philosophical interests: there is a northeastern caucus, a black caucus, a steel caucus, even a mushroom caucus, dedicated to defending mushroom-growing constituents against foreign competition. In all this factionalism, one group of conservative Democrats has acquired so much clout that it did more than any other bloc to ensure Ronald Reagan his big win on the Gramm-Latta resolution. These Congressmen, banded together in the Conservative Democratic Forum, are electoral descendants of the Dixie Democrats who ran Congress through the 1950s; the overwhelming majority of the 47 C.D.F. members...
...Orthodox Rabbinates rule, a hangover from the years when the British, following Ottoman Empire custom, left such powers in the hands of local religious leaders. Thus marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption-all are under the jurisdiction of the religious, not civil, courts. The 250,000 Orthodox Jews wield a political clout out of proportion to their numbers. Part of that influence is due to the swing-vote power of the National Religious Party. It has been enhanced in recent years by Begin's own sympathy for the traditionalists, which has helped
...Ireland. British withdrawl must therefore be part of a broad program for peace worked out by London, Dublin, and Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Such a solution would have to include the eventual unification of Ireland, coupled with guarantees that the North would maintain some degree of political clout...
...lives of American and other people throughout the world. Most such proposals are symbolic--their proponents know it; companies' boards of directors know it; and Harvard's Corporation members, with their financial and legal experience, know it as well as anyone. Harvard, with its name, prestige and considerable financial clout, has the power to make some of these resolutions more than empty gestures...