Food writers there are continually exposed to information from the Soil Association, which is a nationwide organic certifier and has as much clout as all of this country's organic institutions combined.
A year later, Mr. Azoff set aside his ambition to "fight clout with clout," and Live Nation and Ticketmaster unveiled the mother of all music industry mergers.
Analysts say the government sees the strength of the Chinese stock market as a sign of its own clout, hence all the attempts to steady the market.
But the Fed is first among equals in the regulatory scheme of things, with the clout to put its concerns at the top of all regulators' agendas.
For all the clout of this week's Milan event, the real celebration for the Zegna family was held at the Lanificio last month for workers, past and present.
Despite the fine acting, I found the former melodramatic and shallow; the latter, mawkish, camp, and poorly structured, with all the clout of a pop gun.
"With the clout of the supervisor, even with all the resources he had, Alex Johnson still didn't get 25% of the vote," she said.
Policymakers need to prove they can respond to the very real needs of all their citizens, not just those with financial clout.
Of course, we can't all have the clout of Neil Gaiman, but you can definitely find your niche and create a following.
The story was dutifully picked up by BBC News Online, and such is the clout of the BBC that by yesterday, all major news outlets were excitedly repeating the story, leading it to trend across social media.
