Word: swing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beyond a few generalizations (e.g., she will bury Oscar Swing's dream of socialized medicine, is seeking a way to broaden the base of social security), Mrs. Secretary Hobby has made no official pronouncements. Her work has been confined to cutting the budget, and routine command decisions (clearing the way for the appointment of eleven assistants of her own choosing, moving the office hours ahead half an hour). But Oveta's friends and admirers are certain she will have some surprises once she gets the hang of her job. Said one last week: "She'll stay...
...clearly did the survey indicate a revived interest in the old Jewish forms that its sponsors felt it necessary to point out that this was not to be interpreted as a swing to Orthodoxy: "It is not the will of God that dictates what the Reform Jews shall practice . . . but what the Reform Jew feels his will to serve God justifies him in doing . . . Reform is a religion of choice . . . Orthodoxy is a religion of divine command...
...grown wealthy developing housing subdivisions and downtown property, knew just how to swing the deal. He persuaded 20 friends to put up $5,000 apiece and set up a company, Senior Estates, Inc., to buy Ryderwood from Long-Bell for $90,000. Last week a crew of painters, carpenters and plumbers began fixing up 205 of the town's 400 houses (the rest, too dilapidated for repair, will be torn down), for sale on easy terms to pensioners. The 150 two-bed-room houses will be sold for $2,500 each ($200 down and $20 a month...
Yardling "A" and "B" tennis squads swing into action today after almost a week of idleness with matches against Williams and M.I.T. The "A" team, led by captain Ham Graven, travels to Williamstown while the "B" plays here...
Wineman's Choice. Last week, after a frost in the San Joaquin Valley nipped vines and sent the price of sweet wine in bulk up to 37½? a gal. (from a low of 32½?), many a vintner thought Petri had made a smart buy. To swing the deal for Italian Swiss Colony, he had borrowed from the Bank of America. That the bank was willing to plunge into the precarious winemaking business was a pat on the back for Petri...