He also faced a stiff challenge in the Wharton-trained interior secretary Mar Roxas, who was expected to leverage the formidable machinery of the ruling party.
Even as it leverages the formidable power of the MTV brand, MTV2 may find it easier to get a life of its own, apart from MTV and its heavy rotation of shows like "Punk'd" and "The Osbournes," than to differentiate itself from Fuse, an upstart competitor that also offers videos and music-related shows.
Five or ten years from now Chinese firms that have found their place, leveraged their formidable manufacturing prowess and mastered Western-style marketing may well become household names in middle America.
You, producer Don Mischer and the show's writers wisely leveraged the formidable talent in the room — Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, Melissa McCarthy, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Andy Samberg — and put together all manner of funny bits that kept things bright and breezy.
And the United States' onetime leverage of a formidable nuclear arms supply became a liability in dealing with smaller countries seeking nuclear leverage of their own.
Given that the formidable combined weight could be leveraged on companies where institutional investors are considered key stakeholders, this should give business leaders pause.
For many, though, it will make sense to leverage their infrastructure, deep pockets and formidable sales and marketing force while using startups as their R&D arm.
Together the group will immediately become a formidable global provider of IoT services and SaaS solutions leveraging combined strengths.
Accustomed to using great leverage over union, corporate and political opponents, Mr. Black, 55, operates from a formidable power base.
