Word: swaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard's effort could not sway arch-rival Yale, who moved into second place in the Ivies with the victory and placed the Crimson in third spot...
...that no particular court exhibit will sway the jury. What may matter most is whether the larger notion of a police conspiracy is more compelling than the preponderance of evidence...
Both sides spent fortunes to sway the jury with testimony from scientific experts. The crucial difference was that the defendants had corporate treasuries to tap, whereas Schlichtmann and partners had to borrow heavily, not only to pay for medical and hydrology studies but also to keep up appearances. Anything less than the leading experts or the best hotels and restaurants might signal that they could not go the distance...
Pornography on the internet is a concern [COVER STORY, July 3], but it is not really of any significance. The real issue is that governments and politicians are worried about the global freedom of information that the net represents. They are using high-profile, low-significance stories to sway public opinion and give them the power to clamp down on the net. Censorship for the sake of children would be only a first step. The would-be censors don't give a damn about protecting young minds; they want to control them. But the freedom of information on the Internet...
Rather than focusing their energies on attempting to sway administrative policy, most Freshman Caucus members say they are interested primarily in bringing the council closer to students so that it can provide bigger and better events...