Word: sways
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...known as Sonotubes and normally used in making concrete forms, which give stature to rented tents, support cloth pyramids, and generally lend settings color, shape and order. Rented steel scaffolding has been bolted into lighthearted, ephemeral structures from which fabric waves. Thin, tubular balloons, some hundreds of feet long, sway in the air like giant streamers. Chain-link fences, essential for security, wear miles of fabric blazoned with Sussman's colors in stars and bars, as well as a special confetti pattern...
...CASE of Central America, Karnow argues that Vietnam has not made the U.S. public gun shy, but rather more inclined to protect the national interest through non-violent means. It seems, however, that Karnow is underestmating the sway Vietnam holds over the thinking of the 18-25 crowd, which forms a large part of Karnow's lecture-circuit audience...
...didn't make any deal with David Bartley," said Shannon spokesperson Marcia Hertz. "David Bartley does not necessarily have the power to sway his delegates. It's a little presumptuous to say that...
...smoke-filled Chamber of Deputies nudged 2:15 a.m. on Thursday as spectators squirmed restlessly after 17 hours of rasping debate. Then the result of the voting was announced: the opposition had failed to get the two-thirds majority necessary for the amendment to pass. Figueiredo was able to sway the vote in his party's favor by engaging in some personal last-minute lobbying. He countered with a compromise amendment that would initiate direct elections not next year but as early...