Word: swaying
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...well be that all the feverish last minute issue-spinning is pointless. The race will be decided by a special group of young, white, suburban voters: the 9 percent of the electorate that is still undecided. Since national elections tend to sway the undecided voters in a local election, the feeling in North Carolina is that Hunt and Helms are hostages to the political fortunes of Mondale and Reagan. They are thus both representative of and subject to the national forces that will decide the tenor of the next four years...
...this creed of government and placed the twin values of greed and self-interest as the centerpiece of his Administration, and he now bids the American voters to ratify this vision. That he is apparently successful is testimony only to the genial Californian's skillful use of television to sway Americans from their fundamental generosity of spirit. We profoundly reject Ronald Reagan's vision of America. And it is in the hopes of providing a forceful alternative to his ideology of selfishness that we enthusiastically back his opponent for the Presidency, Walter F. Mondale...
...Observes Banta: "Legal "scholars tend to frame the court's decisions in terms of constitutional history and competing principles. Practicing lawyers are more pragmatic. They look at the Burger Court and ask: 'Which kind of case could I win before it? Which Justices would I try to sway...
...from clinic to clinic; some centers open and close without a single success. But even the best clinics offer little more than a 20% chance of pregnancy. Since tiny factors like water quality seem to affect results, both physicians and patients tend become almost superstitious about what else might sway the odds. Said one doctor: "If someone told us that painting the ceiling pink would make a difference, we would...
...time has not yet come, and may never come for such a team. For the moment, these two will have to suffice, and they will surely not sway the racist government in Johannesburg from what it sees as its appointed course. But their presence sends a clear signal that if their country cannot participate, its native-born athletes can and will, drawing attention to their adopted nations, and to the abhorrent nature of the South African government...