Two decades on, at the age of 49, The Power reckons he is at his most powerful yet.
Power reckons Rory's swing could last another six or eight years, by which time he may well be chasing Woods and Jack Nicklaus in the league table of majors won.
Merwin's verse often gives the impression of language scavenged from the elements, its power reckoned only as its meanings assemble, phrase by phrase, against the white of the page.
Recycled cooking oil from fish and chip shops hardly sounds like a feasible alternative to a savings account at the Halifax, but the promoters of Living Power reckon that investors can make an "effective" 8% return over the seven-year life of the scheme.
In the 19 months since the new government came to power, he reckoned that crooked officials had stolen the equivalent of $188m.
The firm probably had closer to a 15% share in the gas and power markets, reckons ICF, a consultancy.But Enron was still undoubtedly the biggest energy trader in the world.
Some say the upheaval proves the DNI needs more power; others reckon he would be better off not trying to lord it over other agencies, and act instead as a low-profile facilitator.
While developed nations seem to recognize the need to tap into India's fast-growing economy, it still seems to be a tough transition for some to view India as a grown-up power to reckon with.
John Loughhead of Alstom, a French firm that is Ballard's partner in power generation, reckons that, if fuel cells really take off, they could account for as much as a tenth of the $50 billion a year global market for power-generation equipment ten years from now.Two other forces are helping fuel cells in power generation.
