Her management style owes something to Boudica: "Ben's a dear boy, but he hasn't wielded the hatchet enough". The dear boy was the proprietor, and loathe to massacre long-standing staff in case they sued his socks off.
"The C.R.A leaves banks a lot of leeway," he said, "and regulators have not wielded their power with much force".
Seles had not wielded a tennis racquet between Dec. 3, the day after she turned 16, and mid-January.
State-controlled unions here have not wielded much power in the past, but after years of reports of worker abuse, the government seems determined to give its union new powers to negotiate worker contracts, safety protection and workplace ground rules.
What prosecutors found was ugly: While local government officials and police officers had not wielded the weapons that day, they had allowed the slaughter to occur and tampered with the crime scene afterward.
Subsequent At the Movies hosts have not wielded the same influence, but the show endured.
President Bush hasn't yet wielded a veto, although he is indicating he might.
Why, honey?"' Though Jessica had not actually wielded the knife or herded the victims onto the porch, she was charged with assault and armed kidnapping as well as armed robbery and sentenced to nine years in an adult prison.
Analysts say that Germans have a deep respect for judges and the judiciary, and the court has not been shy in wielding its power.
Among the political players, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled Yemen for more than three decades, still leads the General People's Congress, or G.P.C., the former ruling party that has not been disbanded and wields significant influence.
