Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mugabe, who considers himself a Marxist, has made no secret of his long-term aim of turning Zimbabwe into a one-party state, but is too dependent on aid from the West, primarily the U.S. and Britain, to risk a further swing to the left. Given the shrill tone of Smith's comments, many in Harare wondered if the former Prime Minister was not trying to impose conditions on American...
...campaign gets into full swing, the Crimson can reflect on some initial successes and look forward to accomplishing many more...
Deukmejian would be only too happy to name a replacement for Bird, and has already begun his effort to swing the state judiciary. At the same time, Brown will probably take a last swing of his own. A recent law created 18 new appellate judgeships that Brown wants to fill before stepping down. Last week, in what some considered a flagrantly opportune decision, the court cleared away a timing technicality that could have denied Brown the chance. He might also be able to put one more justice on the supreme court. Frank Newman, a liberal he appointed...
...well as a moral dimension. I don't deny that, but that doesn't mean we're not permitted to talk about them. But our perspective must always be from the moral or ethical dimension. I reject out of hand that we have taken a leftward swing. What we are trying to do is focus on the teaching of the Gospel as we understand it, and to apply that teaching to the various social issues of the day. Our central theme is our respect for God's gift of life, our insistence that the human person...
Traveling high over the Pacific Ocean on its sixth swing around the earth last week, the space shuttle Columbia once again made history. Firing its small thrusters, it rolled and turned so that its big cargo bay faced in the direction of flight. Clamshell-shaped sun covers automatically opened, and the cylindrical parcel underneath them was set spinning (at precisely 52 r.p.m.). With the press of a button, Astronaut Bill Lenoir, 43, fired explosive bolts, releasing the spring-loaded clamps holding the parcel. Out it popped, like some extraterrestrial jack-in-the-box. Forty-five minutes later, after Columbia...