As a potential bloc of votes inside the conclave, the Americans are "very powerful" because they are outnumbered only by cardinals from Italy, Cardinal O'Connor said.

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The leaders outnumbered institutions because the survey included those whose tenures began or ended during the fiscal year.

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And as a potential bloc of votes inside the conclave, the Americans are very powerful because they're outnumbered only by cardinals from Italy, said British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who attended the dinner.

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Those who said they have not shifted their allocations because of the low bond yields outnumbered those who said they have shifted by greater than a 2:1 margin.

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At home, Mr Reagan had no choice but to reach out to Democrats, because, in 1980, registered Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans by 17 percentage points.

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