Aha... jeszcze pare przykladow uzycia CLOUT:
But the Russian debut in the international arena signals just how much clout Mr. Yeltsin now has.
The business has become so complicated and contentious that now only a company with Waste Management's clout seems likely to succeed on a big scale.
Most industry analysts doubt that the Swedish companies could muster anything close to the marketing clout needed to shake Genentech.
As a result, property transfers are usually quiet deals defined by the clout of the cadre involved.
As a result of the capital flows, the Bank of Spain's clout in Europe has risen along with the peseta.
In other demonstrations of their economic clout, many farmers in this agricultural nation refused to pay bills or taxes, or buy goods or services.
He believed that he had enough clout with customers to persuade them to buy cut-rate machines backed by his promise of quality.
In fact, after the nationalizations, economic opportunity was limited to those with political clout.
A common currency would require a little more political unity than now exists, since the monetary authority would have to report to someone -- preferably, someone with a little more clout than the existing European Parliament.
Just as important, she adds, Japan and other rich nations must put their economic and intellectual clout to work fighting the refugee problem at its source.
Also, small bankers are likely to use their extensive political clout in the House to fight rapid expansion of big banks.
The increasing clout of huge institutional investors and a trend toward automated trading are likely to restrict locals' trading and profits.
As black companies grew, they fed the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Motown Industries of Detroit and Soft Sheen of Chicago dispensed jobs and wielded clout with local governments.
Almost every contract is "one sided" if the definition is that people with clout get better deals than others.
Moreover, sales of the combined operations would exceed $3 billion, giving the alliance more marketing clout.