Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pivot -- at least on issues like abortion and religion -- seems to be O'Connor. "Liberals have a chance of picking up her vote in some cases," notes American University law professor Herman Schwartz, and so many lawyers target her as the vital swing vote. But that narrow opening may be lost if George Bush gets to fill a seat. With three of the liberal Justices over 80, it is possible that one or more places will become vacant in the next four years. And Bush "has shown nothing to indicate the move of the court is wrong," says Columbia University...
...media adviser in a foreign country may be a boon for democracy, but bring in a rival and you create that lucrative state known as consultant gridlock. Before long the airwaves will be dominated by dueling commercials, each more shrill and negative than the last, until foreign elections pivot on the local equivalents of Willie Horton and the Pledge of Allegiance...
...point, annoyed teammates actually waved him out of the pivot. "I wasn't just window dressing," he says, "but I was headed that way. Your mind is what makes everything else work. Mine was on other years. But I think I've turned it up a notch in the past few games...
Most of his trifectas have come when Schernecker has played the pivot in the Crimson's four-guard, one-center lineup...
Hollensteiner's development gives the Crimson a legitimate scoring threat in the pivot. After two lackluster seasons as a backup, the 6-ft., 11-in. center appears ready to take over the pivot full time. In the last two games, Hollensteiner (7.5 ppg., 5.7 rpg.) has scored 30 points and hauled down 15 rebounds. He tied his 16 points against St. John's in the career high of 16 points...