About a week earlier, Merkel stressed that China's trade with countries in the western Balkans should not come with political strings attached. (businessinsider.com)
Today's establishment is represented less by business executives turned political string pullers and more by political operatives who then monetize their connections. (firstthings.com)
After Pauling pulled a few political strings and publicly condemned the study as misleading, Moertel reluctantly agreed that the study was not a replication of the original, and the second Mayo trial was set up. (newscientist.com)