1.   And the NRA has lost clout, they contend, as evidenced by the defeat of a referendum to allow people to carry concealed weapons in Missouri last year.

2.   As OPEC has lost market share, so too has it lost its clout to control those markets.

3.   But his agency also lost clout with City Hall and saw its staff depleted in the Giuliani years.

4.   Denominations have lost their clout.

5.   Even more than the immediate damage to the bottom line, politically connected Archer Daniels could suffer by losing some clout.

6.   Face it, the home run has lost its clout ever since Mark McGwire inflated this once-mysterious measurement of muscle to ridiculous heights three years ago.

7.   He lost clout.

8.   It is equally evident that the PLO is losing its clout just as quickly.

9.   More broadly, the Elian affair has led people to wonder whether the hard-line anti-Castro Cubans in Miami are losing their clout.

10.   Other industries will lose significant clout.