In the latest indication of the clout of mass retailers, the Eagles, the longtime rock group that is selling its new studio album exclusively through Wal-Mart, seized the top spot on the sales charts this week thanks to an 11th-hour change by a music trade magazine that has stirred up a ruckus in the music industry.
But a president's approval rating is one indication of his political clout and can affect his ability to dictate the agenda in Washington.
Not that those works aren't here: as an indication of the Gagosian clout, several have been lent by the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum.
In an indication of the potential clout of these parents, most of the lawmakers who represent the neighborhood -- an assemblyman, a state senator and two Council members -- spoke at the meeting, offering at least rhetorical support for the school.
It has no chance in the GOP-controlled Senate, obviously, but this is another indication of the rising clout of the economically progressive and activist wing of the party.
That Verizon père went along with the move was an indication of Strigl's clout.
An indication of Siemens' international clout comes from reports following a 1914 bribery scandal in Japan.
She has taken all of 2008 off from filmmaking and has only one movie lined up — the spy thriller "Edwin A. Salt," which will begin production in February and which, in an indication of her box office clout in action films, was reconceived for her after Tom Cruise dropped out.
They also point to the increased activity of Russian bombers close to the airspace of NATO members and the threats from Moscow of preventive attacks on parts of the European missile-defence system that America is deploying in stages.One indication of Poland's growing clout in NATO is the "Steadfast Jazz" training exercise, to be held in November in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
"Their appearance at the rally was certainly an indication of the union's political clout," said Sol Stern, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
