The true test will come when they are asked to use that clout – by dropping out of trade associations that undermine climate action, or declining to support political candidates who don't take the threat of global warming seriously.
For an unknown, come-out-of-nowhere label it has serious clout: this time, Natalia V and a clutch of top girls on the runway, Naomi Campbell front row.
Some lawmakers and lobbyists predict that the Racing Association has the political clout to stop the sale if the mayor chooses an out-of-state bidder.
Now that the championships are biennial rather than every four years, these are the edition with greater clout - out of Olympic year, the next step down from the world championships.
Among the bills' industry supporters there's greater unity (and even richer lobbying clout) born out of having an overriding common interest -- i.e. profits -- to defend.
In the longer run, there is concern that the Brotherhood, which showed its clout by turning out tens of thousands of demonstrators on Friday, could eventually pose its own threat to democratic values and minority rights by imposing conservative religious rule.
Emporia Mayor Sam Adams, the first to speak from the public, insinuated to roaring approval that Sussex was being singled out because of a lack of political clout.
They'll need some serious clout to carry out their mission of physically tearing down all the blighted buildings in Detroit, and doing so without Kevyn Orr's China-like dictatorial powers.
The group is unlikely to exert that kind of clout over markets out of the gate, but with energy markets tight, it might be able to flex some market muscle.
He threw Drake, who thrives on pettiness and surface-level insults and picks fights with rappers who don't have as much mainstream clout as him, out of his element.
Barefoot, in unaccustomed clouts of skirts of raw muslin,.
