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Add the likelihood of a major-party presidential nomination to the list, and you have a governor who wields a sizable amount of power, even if it can't be found in the state constitution.
He wields the thunderbolt, which is useful both as a weapon and as a way of extracting himself from the sticky situations he often finds himself in.
Dowd laughs at the idea that Hugh Downs might have something to say about Proust and as usual wields her high school French--the column is called "Le Tout Swivet."
--Homeless Turkish carpenter Yusuf Okul, who often wields a hammer, reacts to recent aftershocks.
The broad brush paints a picture of self-righteousness, whoever wields it.