Charlotte Kim, a partner at Wilson Sonsini with $20B and1400 transactions on the record added more clout to the discussion by describing the emergence of the "Warehouse for Energy Efficiency Loans" or WHEEL.
In a sign that Cameron is willing to give ground to Tory MPs who want to see their leader wield more clout in the coalition, the PM highlighted some of the areas where he differs markedly from the Liberal Democrats.
It would take such action in partnership with the United States, but the change would give Japan more clout inside the alliance.For the moment, all eyes are on Henoko, where Mr Abe's achievement could yet be undermined by local politics.
Along with Richard Viguerie, Paul Weyrich, Terry Dolan and others, Mr. Phillips was a leader of the New Right, a movement that gave more clout to the right wing of the Republican Party in the 1970s and '80s, much as the Tea Party has in recent years.
With far more clout than the toothless PCC, the new body would have the power to impose fines, conduct investigations and order corrections and apologies.
However, Mike Curtis of the Yorkshire and Humber strategic health authority, which oversees the PCT, says that "the new organisation will have more clout".But the reform that matters is the one that Mr Le Grand urged when advising Mr Blair: to make purchasing more cost-effective by mobilising GPs.
The Senate will devote much of the week to debating bipartisan legislation to give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more clout in the wake of health and safety hazards posed by toys and other imported goods.
For Bayer, whose pharmaceuticals business has stumbled, the move gives the company more clout in over-the-counter treatments and greater geographical balance in that business, which Bayer executives expect to reach 2.4 billion euros ($3 billion) after the merger.
"Our taxes are too high, our schools don't educate our children well enough, unions and other special interests have more clout in the Legislature than the general public," he said in a statement.
Mr Abbas, it appeared, carried no more clout with the White House than had the "irrelevant" Mr Arafat.
