Sentence examples for building clout from inspiring English sources

Deans at those schools say nabbing "star" professors is critical for building clout in the research world and subsequently attracting the brightest students to their graduate programs.

As it is, the only forces that are mobilizing and building clout are those who want to tear Europe down -- or those outside, as in the Ukraine, who are shedding blood to be part of the European idea.

Making the discriminatory experience central might have been useful in building political clout in the 1960s.

The purchase of armed drones would fit into this policy of sparing German lives while building up clout in other ways.

Indians often say they see a version of themselves and what they hope to be in the experience of Jews in American politics: a small minority that has succeeded in combating prejudice and building political clout.

Despite its sensitivity to criticism as it prepares to hold the Olympic Games this summer, it is wooing African nations in hopes of building its diplomatic clout and securing access to minerals and other resources.

Despite the growing importance of the Latino vote, the community continues to face a massive obstacle to building its political clout.

But in the south, many stayed small, selling produce through wholesalers and often building their identity, and clout, through ties to local politicians or economic institutions like banks.

Mr. Trumka says he believes that if unions are having a hard time increasing their ranks, they can at least restore their clout by building a broad coalition to advance a worker-friendly political and economic agenda.

For the fact is that the Europeans are still a long way from building up a military clout that could even remotely match (never say rival) that of the United States.The problem is both about spending and about the forces' structure.

"To understand why defects in insolvency detection and resolution persist, analysts must acknowledge that large financial institutions invest in building and exercising political clout," Mr. Kane writes in an article, titled "Defining and Controlling Systemic Risk," that he is scheduled to present next month at a Federal Reserve conference.