Word: wields
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Faust said last spring that she will be an "agitator" for women's issues, citing tenure appointments as an area where she could wield influence in the University...
...addition, the Institute has a full professional staff, with decision-making power and the ability to create and run programs, and a senior advisory board composed of Senators, House members, business leaders, journalists and other public servants. Both groups wield considerable power at the IOP, and very few other student organizations have such entities. The IOP is distinct in that its members must work with and answer to the staff and senior advisory board...
...Foreign affairs has not played a decisive role since 1980, when Ronald Reagan defeated a Jimmy Carter crippled by the Iranian hostage crisis. Bush père believed his handling of the Gulf War would prove a trump card, only to find it was the economy, stupid. Although presidents wield far more influence over the country's foreign policy than they do over domestic issues, voters don't like to hear much about events abroad - and candidates tend to flatter their indifference...
...stronger bargaining position in any settlement negotiations with the government. The decision, however, does not offer similar benefits to the Justice Department or to the American people. An extended federal appeals process will act as an unnecessary drain on Justice Department resources and will allow Microsoft to continue to wield unchecked market power...
...that's what this place is all about: Spin Row, where the ink- stained wretches wield sweet, if momentary, control over the professional flacks. Once, they may have shut us down. And tonight we pay them back...