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...themselves of the political pressures from miners because mineral production has such importance in the Bolivian economy. Although miners represent only 3 per cent of Bolivia's workforce, mining provides the Bolivian government with 60 per cent of its official foreign exchange. Most recently, miners have used their clout to fight persistently for democratic elections; many in Viloco and other centers vowed to oppose this latest interruption to the final consequences. The resistance of such communities had been instrumental in staving off a 1979 attempted coup...
...impressive show of personal clout. But Jesse Helms, the senior Senator from North Carolina, has become a dominating force in the Government, partly because of his own fierce skills of coercion and partly because the public's mood has shifted his way. Next to Reagan himself, Helms is the most influential conservative around. While he does not speak for all conservatives-some consider him too radical on certain issues-he has an army of supporters stretched across the country who eagerly send him millions of dollars to save the Republic. His political base is not the Republican Party...
...commitment to blacks faltered, too, as the White House backed down on enforcing civil rights against a rising tide of white terrorism in the South. McFeely faults Grant most sharply for failing to use his clout at West Point, where even Grant's son Fred joined in a harassment campaign against the academy's first black cadet. Closer to home, the Administration was muddied by scandal, notably the whisky tax swindle that bilked the Treasury of millions. Despite evidence gleaned by his own private detective, Grant refused to admit that a close adviser was one of the culprits...
Crimson: A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal claimed that the American Medical Association (AMA) is losing the political clout it once had due to a drop in membership. Is this true and can you explain...
...term contracts at ECM, even for the stars. "Jarrett, like all good jazzers, values personal friendship higher than any written piece of paper," says Eicher. Indeed, it is unlikely that any contemporary jazz artist could find elsewhere the particular combination of creative congeniality, "very fair" royalty rates and marketing clout that ECM has to offer. This has led, almost inevitably, to the threat of corporate complacency, a cloud over the cachet. ECM has taken some heat for issuing smug, snug suburban jazz, and, perhaps in response, Eicher has brought some fringe groups into the fold. He has released two records...