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Rasputin collapse: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

Svengali collapse: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically; someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

kingmaker collapse: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"

lobbyist collapse: someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor

open sesame collapse: any very successful means of achieving a result; a magical command; used by Ali Baba

heavyweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds; a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds

Establishment collapse: a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence; the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof; any large organization; (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

lobby collapse: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation; the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest; detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

Jonah collapse: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale; a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

logrolling collapse: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

influence collapse: causing something without any direct or apparent effort; a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"; a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"; one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"; the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"; have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

evil eye collapse: a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

public opinion collapse: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

act on collapse: regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"

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