1.   In Florida and New Jersey, Cuban-Americans form powerful voting blocs, giving them key leverage in the presidential electoral counts.

2.   South Korean officials are worried that they would lose key leverage in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid is sent there first.

3.   South Korean officials are worried that they would lose key leverage in dealing with their northern communist neighbor if Japanese food aid is sent to the North first.

4.   The oligarchs, a few tycoons who control huge swathes of the economy, stand to lose the key leverage they have enjoyed over the Kremlin.

5.   Worried that it would lose key leverage in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid is sent first, Seoul is urging Tokyo to delay any shipment.

6.   Worried that it would lose key leverage in dealing with the North if Japanese food aid were sent first, Seoul urged Tokyo to delay any shipment.