Preservationists, who tend to have limited economic clout, strike a Faustian bargain: better to save the basic architecture and let others worry about what goes on inside.
The merchant marine minister, George Voulgarakis, stepped down Friday in response to accusations that he had used his political clout to strike lucrative real estate deals.
They have also argued the bigger companies would offer more competitive products, partly because the companies would have more clout to strike better deals with health-care providers.
The host may be interested to know that while bragging about his clout he struck his guest as "demanding, vain and difficult", with a limited knowledge of or interest in world affairs.On similar lines, an American official in Saudi Arabia describes un-Islamic mores at a clandestine Halloween party, hosted by a royal prince.
"Clot" is considered a nasty sounding word and can be tied to the verb "to clout", or "to hit or strike".
There's no denying Swift's economic and cultural clout, but what was striking about those higher up the list (she's at number 64) was their age.
Saudi Arabia will intensify its efforts to arm the rebels and to use its media outlets and diplomatic clout to rally support for a military strike.
Most trial lawyers, even on the defense side, just don't want to give up their ability to use strikes to shape the jury, and they have the clout to prevent it from happening.
But as the former French colony's youngest ever prime minister, many of Mr Chahed's critics have questioned whether he has the political clout to overcome the trade union opposition, strikes and party infighting that have dogged past governments.
If the dockers walk off their jobs in solidarity with the truckers, port activity would come to a halt, but the truckers alone have sufficient clout to have a significant economic impact if they strike.
German clout has been increasing since the continent was struck in 2008 by the economic crisis that began on Wall Street, and then since last summer by the realization that European government debt had spun out of control.
