Tavola is a small shop in Westbourne Grove, west London, that carries a big clout.
This year, the star with biggest clout set to attend is Tom Hanks, who will be world-premiering his latest film, A Hologram for the King, at the festival.
It is the largest creditor country in the euro zone, and as chief paymaster it has the biggest clout in determining the single currency's future.The weakness of other heavyweights has added to Germany's heft.
New York does labor under a disadvantage: in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where big population is supposed to mean big clout, New York's mainly Democratic delegation has about as much power as the Scenic Byways Caucus.
Nicola Sturgeon has told a live TV audience in Glasgow that the SNP would have "big influence and big clout" at Westminster.
Ms Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, told the audience at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ: "What I know from experience is that if there is a minority government, opposition parties have big influence and big clout".
Foreign Policy handicaps efforts to block the sale as "an uphill battle," because the main beneficiary is General Dynamics, which FP says has big clout on the Hill.
Although the new system will gradually increase the bigger states' clout, it is still likely to stoke disquiet in the largest of them all, Germany, which contributes nearly 30% of euro-zone GDP.Since bigger countries have more say in the appointment of the six executive-board members, there is always likely to be a German on the board.
As the Olympics approach, Ennis has both a higher public profile and a bigger commercial clout.
