Iraq's Sunnis turned out in greater numbers than before and recovered their clout in various provinces, including Nineveh, whose main city, Mosul, had previously been run by Kurds.
Given "how fragile the Labour party's finances are", with "very little assets" and "no cash", no wonder the union bureaucracy thinks "we will have more financial clout than before".
If SADC were at last to tell Mr Mugabe roundly to go, he might find it hard to ignore the call.In the end, if his security men refuse to let him stand down, a messy compromise may emerge, with Mr Tsvangirai and the MDC gaining more clout than before, but in some kind of alliance with a faction of Zanu-PF led by the country's vice-president, Joice Mujuru.
Although the next several years of his career will almost certainly be less impressive than the previous several, Pujols was viewed as a franchise-altering talent even before he clouted three home runs in Game 3 of the World Series.
But Clifford had vast experience and held positions of real authority before acquiring his clout.
"Having encountered the influence of the special interests, especially the tobacco companies and their clout before in a $50 million campaign," Mr. McCain said on Tuesday, "I can tell you that I'm not optimistic that we will be able to get that done until we have campaign finance reform".
Different women leveraged the position in different ways: some argue that Lady Bird Johnson was the first to modernize the job when she campaigned on behalf of her husband Lyndon B Johnson in the mid 60s, but others wielded significant political clout before her.
Though D.C. veterans say Google has a long way to go before its lobbying clout matches its market valuation, the company is no longer viewed as a wide-eyed Washington freshman.
"They are putting people in charge of these categories with much more clout than ever before," said David Lang, an analyst with Investec Henderson Crosthwaite, calling the move a shift away from the power of Unilever's far-flung regional managers in Asia, the United States and Europe.
"The movie definitely gave us more credibility and clout than we had before," said Kelly Flint, the group's vocalist.
