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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.
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."
He is joined in his crime-fighting efforts by The Shovel (William H. Macy), who wields the same, and the effete English Blue Raja (Hank Azaria), whose talent is for operatically flinging wide his cape and hurling forks, most of which end up sticking out of his companions instead of his foes.
The broad brush paints a picture of self-righteousness, whoever wields it.
--Homeless Turkish carpenter Yusuf Okul, who often wields a hammer, reacts to recent aftershocks.