Word: swaying
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Doctorow's The Waterworks (Random House; 253 pages; $23). This is not entirely unexpected. The author of such luminous page turners as Ragtime, World's Fair and Billy Bathgate has made it a habit to surprise his readers with each new book. His central concerns -- the unavoidable sway of historical forces, the insidious effects of the powerful upon the powerless -- have remained constant, but he has chosen a variety of fictional voices and techniques to bring them to life. Even longtime readers, though, are likely to find The Waterworks Doctorow's strangest and most problematic invention...
...continues to glower from its plinth in the old entrance hall. One imagines he would never have countenanced the vibrant scene last week, as the House opened its new session complete with tribal dress in the back benches. But Verwoerdian notions about decorum, among other topics, no longer hold sway in a government whose face has changed dramatically overnight. Parliament, with its stuffy, Westminster-style affectations, has already begun to adapt...
Harvard was able to contribute a run off of a double by Ann Kennon in the fourth which sent Liz Walker home, but the Friars continued to wield their bats with a mighty sway. The game was brought to a halt early in the fifth due to the eight-run mercy rule, the Crimson losing...
...Democratic Party of the Left seemed poised to fill the breach. But the left's sweeping victory in municipal elections last December galvanized the media magnate to run for office -- a decision he attributed to "love of my country" and a desire to prevent it from falling under the sway of former communists (some of whom had pledged to break up the media monopoly that provided up to a quarter of his revenues...
Then, suddenly, he was made an extraordinary offer. The Swedish government, in conjunction with the United States, wanted to send someone to occupied Hungary in a attempt to bring out Jews. Sweden, as a neutral country, had a legation in the country and still had some sway with the Nazis and their Hungarian allies. To the chagrin of his family, Wallenberg turned away from the comfort of his life as a dilettante and accepted the offer...