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Word: sways (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quality of the music, thankfully, isn't compromised by that of the lyrics. "We need a love revival/Somewhere for us to begin/To take apart the wounded hearts/and love them back together again/...gotta find the reasons why/It's easier to say goodbye" ("Easier to Say Goodbye"). Trumpets blare and sway; snare drums rock you gently; Oleta croons; your roommate walks in just in time to catch you belting that last note into your spare shoe-come-microphone...

Author: By Irit Kleiman, | Title: Survival of The Soulful | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...Republicans voted with the President, while only 40% of Democrats did so. The fate of the agreement had been in grave doubt, and Clinton virtually staked the future of his presidency on its passage, so the victory was substantial. Critics charged that Clinton used too many special deals to sway legislators, while supporters claimed that Clinton's horse trading demonstrated his savvy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 14-20 | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Costin Scalise pitched a low-stress, team sensibility to the Palos Verdes, Calif. standout and helped sway her from a probable matriculation at California. Since then, Kory has accumulated a most impressive swimming resume...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Kory Takes Team Trail to Excellence | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

Scalise's recruiting prowess and the Harvard program helped sway the Dudley Co-op resident from attending the Berkeley campus of the California university system. Kory's sister walked the ground where The Nude Guy made headlines, and Kory was "99 percent sure" she would be, too. But swimming there did not seem like too much...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Kory Takes Team Trail to Excellence | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

...ourselves as heroic expanders of the frontier and innocents who fight evil," she says. "All of that cold war fervor that drove the old westerns has lifted, so you can do more complex and interesting westerns." At a time when gritty urban realism and literal-minded docudramas hold sway, westerns are a refreshing departure. They provide escape, but also a chance to confront issues of universal significance and spiritual weight: a history lesson, but also a reminder of the imaginative power of myth and allegory. All that and a lot of pretty scenery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back From Boot Hill | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

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