Did her clout help her get the job?
The star snatched it back, clouting her ghost across the cheek to remind her who was boss.
And in Act III Anette Delgado, as the antiheroine Odile, threw her leg sideways so high she nearly clouted her partner (Javier Torres) in the ear.
Her financial and managerial clout empowered her to customize her childcare situation with an option other mothers can only envy: She built a private nursery next to her office.
Ms. Bair's approach to policy has evolved significantly from a conservative Republican aide to Senator Bob Dole of Kansas to a top regulator who now derives much of her political clout from her close ties to senior Democrats, notably Mr. Frank and Mr. Dodd.
Finke serves as the drivetrain for the town's mighty engines of schadenfreude, and her clout — if not her subject matter or her exact methods — calls to mind "the unholy trio" of gossip columnists who ruled Hollywood in the studio era.
Though her own Dutch party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, is in the opposition in the Netherlands, her country's governing coalition, recognizing her seniority and established clout, recommended her for a second term as commissioner in Brussels.
Though her own Dutch party, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, is in opposition in the Netherlands, her country's governing coalition, recognizing her seniority and established clout, recommended her for a second term as commissioner in Brussels.
But some veteran supporters have voiced concern about her lack of diplomatic clout and her lack of attention to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as well as her thin administrative experience; she has never served as a minister.
Funky sax riffs added clout to her album debut, Stalking Juliet, but her singing moved between a punkish ferocity or rap-like grooving, a little Tom Waits or Dylan-esque abrasiveness, and moments when she sounded like a bluegrass artist crossed with Edith Piaf.
