But all seem to agree that throughout the negotiations, Braunecker did what all agents do when they have the kind of leverage he had with Lee — he wielded that leverage like a mighty hammer, pounding out the promise of millions of dollars.
The announcement on Monday that Mr. Jobs, 55, would take a leave of absence a year and a half after his return from a liver transplant raised some questions about the long-term prospects for Apple, given the influence and inspiration that he has wielded at the company he co-founded three decades ago.
He has had days this season when he wielded a decent fastball or an effective slider, but Cone had neither yesterday; his fastball was benign and his slider was flat, lifeless.
Increasingly, prime ministers turned to Murdoch for advice, albeit less often than to Her Majesty, but as he appears before Lord Justice Leveson he can explain – and demonstrate – how he has wielded power, got deals through, expanded, expanded, expanded until one story about hacking Milly Dowler's phone stopped him.
Clemens was extraordinary tonight, his combination of fastball and forkball perhaps the best he has wielded since the one-hitter he threw against Seattle in last year's postseason.
A silver putter, perhaps, but even mastering the belly putter he has wielded since his freshman year at Wake Forest has required much work and refinement.
It is a tool he has wielded to devastating effect critiquing the European left, and he is wielding it once again to chide a generation of "pygmy politicians" and to beg for a revival of social democracy.
He putted his way there, using the same long putter he has wielded with deadly accuracy since his days at Wake Forest.
He has wielded prime ministerial powers, either on his own or in a power-sharing agreement, since 1985, not 1993.
Since the 1960's, he has wielded significant influence in Washington.
