As a result, likable people are often consulted for their point of view and hold clout when decisions are being made.
Ben Alnwick, back in the Barnsley goal after suspension, tipped away a stinging drive from Dyer after excellent build-up play from Swansea, while Tomasz Cywka troubled Tremmel with a dipping volley that the German just held, clouting his head against the post in the process.
And the sector holds less clout.
Novell's vote of confidence, however, holds special clout: it happened to be the seller of the UNIX rights to SCO, and so knows a thing or two about them.
Couple after couple, many in their waning years but with good face-work and names that hold clout, stepped into a cocktail reception in a gilded ballroom turned into a white Russian winter fantasy, complete with ballet dancers and ice sculptures of giant bears.
Its rows with Diageo and Heineken apparently show the multinational brewers flexing their muscles to retain their pricing power in a country which has never seen a pub chain big enough to hold any clout against them before.
He says today's big preannouncements will hold more clout than last night's Supreme Court decision because the election has already been discounted.
Through written stories, legal cases, and other documents, many different sources show that Song women held considerable clout in family decision-making, and some were quite economically savvy.
While celebrities may be able to saunter past the peons to the better restaurant table, the one area where their names and faces hold no clout is real estate.
