11.   He is the ultimate political leverage player, and, typically, what others see as a problem, he sees as an incentive.

12.   However, like blacks across the South, African Americans in Manor had little political leverage in the years following World War II.

13.   In an election year in which Vice President Al Gore is desperate for deeper union support, they have more than a little political leverage.

14.   In addition, it would remove one incentive for having a nuclear arsenal -- to display it in underground explosions for political leverage.

15.   In fact, Kim has used his political leverage to aggressively carry out the IMF package and to make it easier for companies to lay off unneeded workers.

16.   It appears designed to dampen the political leverage of Islam for any opposition party while comforting Islamic moderates.

17.   Kerrey and the commission, however, had little political leverage and were easily ignored by both Democrats and Republicans.

18.   Our most potent political leverage is to withdraw most favored nation trading status, but that is not in our economic interest any more than in theirs.

19.   One woman said her group feared it would lose political leverage over the project once voters approved the rezoning.

20.   Political leverage is.