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President Barack Obama's leadership and clout will be severely tested in the weeks and months to come.

That increasing clout will be one of the major dynamics Dr. Kim will have to negotiate when he takes the helm of the bank on July 1.

Indeed, their clout will be essential in the coming days in order to transform moral outrage into common-sense legislation.

Mouawad unwittingly telegraphs the producers new strategy when he opines that OPEC's clout will be reinforced in coming years" because the cartel "is poised to control more than 50percentt of the oil market".

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General Rifi was a main figure in the Internal Security Forces and whose clout and expertise will be difficult to replace.

He has the backing of at least 40 trainers, including the Hall of Famers Phil Johnson and Allen Jerkens, and the New York Racing Association's chairman, Barry Schwartz, whose clout and support will be hard to ignore.

Lauder said: "I'm sure when they come out with their recommendations they will have great clout and they will be listened to".

The Core is perhaps one of the more thoughtful takes on wearable tracker formula I've seen in recent months, but we'll soon see if Sony's clout and resources will be enough to convince the masses of Core's value.

These high-risk pools are not adequately funded, there are cumbersome regulations to join them and, with fiscal situations tight in the years ahead, it is a safe bet that those with the most clout will not be people with disabilities.

As any changes would need a two-thirds majority at the union's annual general meeting, the most radical recommendations, involving slimming down the council and giving executives more clout, will probably be rejected, leaving Robertson to decide whether to threaten to withdraw government financial support for the 2015 World Cup, which England is hosting.