This highlights J.& J.'s so-called operating leverage: once costs are covered, additional sales are highly profitable.
The argument that the opposition will have more leverage once the action shifts from the military arena to the negotiating table is naïve.
Despite a lifetime of line drills, he sometimes gets his torso twisted when trying to stop faster pass rushers, and he loses leverage once in a while.
Through this body, western powers are resorting to the use of military power to win back the leverage once attained through financial monopoly.
Events in Central and Eastern Europe, she suggested, illustrate that while nations can be forced to strengthen democracy before entering the European Union, the bloc loses leverage once they are in.
Thus, there is a powerful incentive to reach a resolution of the case after a proffer is made, giving the government significant leverage once the defense lawyer agrees to letter immunity.
Despite the uncertainty, there is a growing consensus in the administration that North Korea is working to produce bombs as quickly as it can, perhaps hoping this will give it more negotiating leverage once Iraq is out of the spotlight.
Moreover, though political scientists mostly agree that voters are altruistic, something doesn't tally: Brennan concedes that historically disadvantaged groups such as blacks and women seem to gain political leverage once they get the franchise.
Developments in Hungary have highlighted the fact that, though the European Union can wield significant influence over a country when it is applying to join, and can oblige the applicant nation to adopt reforms, it has much more limited leverage once the nation is admitted.
Now, with Brady giving up the fight after the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rehear his case, Goodell has all of the leverage once again.
