Word: swing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vellucci, the council's swing vote--who once filed a motion to institute vacancy decontrol--told a jeering crowd at the council hearing, "You're damn right I'm supporting rent control...If it's one thing I've got a reputation for, it's guts...
...Hong Kong, during his swing through Asia and Australia on a show-the-monarchy tour, Prince Charles bravely tasted curried snake. In the surf in Perth, however, what slithered up to England's future King was a nubile nymph, clearly carrying no concealed weapons, who hugged and kissed an unprotesting Charles. The Prince was also kissed by a young housewife and by an ecstatic elderly lady. Recalling similar smooching on Charles' previous Australian visits, the Melbourne Herald sought explanations from Body Language Expert Desmond (The Naked Ape) Morris, who blamed it on Charles' friendly grin...
...netwomen meet the first of their nationally prominent rivals on the Spring trip. The southern swing matches do not count for the team's record, but Felske feels the rugged competition, against a host of top-ranked schools, will prime his squad for the rigors ahead. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke and the University of Virginia could all crack the nation's Top 20 this year...
...remember them from one number to the next. But, merged into a company, as at the beginning and end of the show, it was the performers' collective energy and not their individuality that shone. Der Manuelian made "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" both the opening and closing number. It served well--the chorus has an unforgettable tune, and "doo-wah, doo-wah"s, too. Another group number, "Ring Dem Bells," smartly choreographed and lively, gave Joe Orlando and his colleagues a chance to show their skill with batons, which they politely refused...
...people having babies just in the nick of time. There's a difference between what one says at 20 and what one says at 38." Roiphe persuasively argues that the dogmas against children-or at least, against having children-are undergoing revision. "There has indeed been a swing of thought against children, but it was against this whole idea that one must have a family," she says. "Now I think it's probably going to swing back. All the excesses of the women's movement, including that one shouldn't 'look nice...