Word: pendulum
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...actively disliked each other; while Guccione promoted the rumor that Hef was a "closet queen," the Playboy publisher, noting Guccione's cultivation of a similarly decadent lifestyle, remarked that "If I were he, I'd want to be me, too.") Larry Flynt's Hustler, founded in 1974, swung the pendulum even farther, gleefully relinquishing any claims to good taste...
...Riding the Pendulum I generally agree with Joe Klein that Obama's win presents a significant swing to the left, and from the bottom up [Nov. 17]. But I do not think the country is ready for an activist government with a much more liberal agenda than we have seen in recent decades. This election result was largely a reaction to an ineffective conservative Administration. Obama and a Democrat-dominated Congress will be wise to maintain some moderation in their policies, or they could provoke a shift back to the right. Mike Hall, Boise, Idaho...
While acknowledging that the Internet and chain stores are stiff competition, Mayersohn said that the book store provides an “enormous amount of customer service” and that while independent stores have suffered from competition in recent years, “the pendulum is swinging back...
...said he thought Cellucci was “pretty good.” After giving his remarks, Cellucci opened the floor for questions. One audience member asked, “How should we prepare ourself in the case of a Democratic victory?” “The pendulum swings a lot in American politics,” Cellucci said, but he was hopeful that it would not be so extreme as to lose the Republicans the presidency. Asked what issues Republicans should focus on, Cellucci said cutting taxes, fiscal discipline, and regulations that are fair and effective. Motley...
...next gold rush, the next Powerball, the next bubble. The fact that Wall Street banks were recently borrowing 30 or 40 times their available capital to place bets that home buyers would pay off mortgages 10 times the size of their annual paychecks suggests that America's cultural pendulum has swung too far in the direction of the casino. And Obama hasn't yet shown he's the man to put us back in touch with our thrifty side...