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Other social video sites like Veoh, with their P2P player, Joost and Babelgum, while lacking Sony's clout, could also step into the ring.

We might have convened, too, at our dying, clout-heavy racetracks, which could also get slots, in legislation that Gov. Pat Quinn has threatened to veto.

The case could also add legal clout to the asylum applications of Gypsies going to Britain claiming racial discrimination, he added.

The acquisition could also heighten the political clout of the company's chairman, Rupert Murdoch, who has not been afraid of using his control of The New York Post to push his agenda.

By combining, the two companies could also gain bigger negotiating clout with retailers and complement each other.

It could also have used its industry clout to lobby supermarkets and government, and make the public aware of the price pressures facing the industry.

On the other hand, the party could also conclude that it won its increased political clout without having to yield on disarmament.

The deportations could also be an indication of North Korea's growing diplomatic clout and lessening isolation since Kim stepped onto the global stage over the past year.

Mulligan could also afford to take smaller roles for directors with clout: she lined up Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps for Oliver Stone and Drive for Nicolas Winding Refn and Inside Llewyn Davis for the Coen brothers.

It started off a small start-up at the centre of Whitehall and grew to have serious political clout thanks to its ability to prove that services could not only be better designed, but could also cost less.

It could also complicate efforts to control health care costs: with reduced competition, the hospitals would gain clout in negotiating rates with insurance companies, potentially driving up costs for employers and employees across the region.