Word: swaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...counter the arguments of those who suggest that Clinton is the pure, disingenuous politician, the ultimate vote-getting machine, you must understand Clinton's development as a person and a politician. For it is only by examining his past that we discover the reason for his uncanny ability to sway voters: Bill Clinton is the most successful campaigner of our time because he is the most sincere campaigner of our time...
...presidential election draws near, organizers of the national environmental movement are ardently trying to sway public opinion in favor of environmentally-friendly candidates...
Organizers estimate that if they can sway 2,000 votes in this tight race they can deliver the election to McGovern, whom they view as the "greener" candidate...
...students visit at least 18 of the booths to enter a raffle, many students were forced to learn more about topics ranging from the lack of women in the United States Senate to human rights violations in Turkey. We are glad that the tone of the booths did not sway far from government issues and that they attempted to show the importance of a having a voice in government...
...power is clout, like the thud of an iron heel. Influence is sway, like being rocked in a hammock. But like the grass in Carl Sandburg's poem, influence has a way of spreading until it overwhelms every bump in its path. Leonid Brezhnev had power. Andrei Sakharov had influence. Power: the FCC. Influence: Howard Stern. What this means is that influence generally gets the last laugh. Alexander Hamilton never attained the presidency. His philosophical antagonist Thomas Jefferson did. But the world has gone Hamilton's way. By most measures, the country we live in today more closely resembles...