On Thursday night there was a perfectly sane-sounding former trade minister on Channel 4 news explaining what amazing soft power the Duke wields, and how immensely valuable his activities are to that eternally vague-sounding entity UK plc.
This may be an overused expository device, but there is truth in it: no person wields power over another without revealing his nature.
But while the 40-year-old Australian remains open to talks – no official approach has yet been made – it is understood he will now need convincing that the job still wields sufficient power in the light of such decisions.
She wields emojis generously, with a free hand and little interest in context.
Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) chairs the panel for the Un Certain Regard sidebar; Jane Campion wields the gavel over on the Cinéfondation wing.
EGYPT The new Egyptian cabinet has been officially sworn in amid criticism that contained too many old regime figures and further underlined the power the military still wields in post-revolution Egypt.
The British crown wields great influence internationally, which explains why foreign heads of state often get jumpy when they meet the Queen.
While filming the shower scene, he wields the knife.
Senator Dick Durbin's insinuation that we will "never know, you will never know, how much he put in to accomplish this" only ups the suspicions about the incredible power Reid wields.
Muhammadu Buhari, a 72-year-old Muslim, managed to persuade Nigerians he is a reformed character who respects civil liberties yet still wields enough of an iron fist to beat corruption and the insurgency by the Islamist militants Boko Haram.
Mr Khamenei wields much control over the Guardian Council which must now whittle down the 686 presidential candidates to around a dozen.
