Clout Quotes
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
- Bible
[Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to fill an open city council seat with one result certain the nation's 10th largest city would soon have its first Vietnamese-American councilmember. School board member Madison Nguyen, 30, and attorney Linda Nguyen, 28, both Democrats, were in a runoff election that experts said shows the growing political clout of Vietnamese-Americans, an immigrant group that began arriving as political refugees three decades ago.] This is a new force in local, state and national politics... This is a new voting block. As they gain leadership positions, they'll increase in power.
- Terry Christensen
[The scene in Alabama was the latest evidence of the growing political clout of blacks across the country. The energy that once created protests has been channeled into politics, spurring impressive victories at the polls, a steady surge in black voter registration and serious debate about whether a black should run for President in 1984. Replacing the old guard of civil rights activists, black mayors are emerging as a powerful force in national politics and public policy. Black leaders marvel that for the first time in a decade, there is a vibrant sense of momentum in the black community.] Back in 1970 we used to say that politics was the new cutting edge of the civil rights movement... Thirteen years later, we're beginning to really believe it.
- Eddie Williams
[The Big Three anchors] used their extraordinary power to fight for serious and important stories... And in a business that has tended toward the trivial or tabloid, there's a risk that if the next generation of anchors doesn't have the clout, that it'll be up to a combination of them and their producers to lobby corporate higher-ups for reporting of serious journalism.
- Andrew Heyward
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