Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most urgent step for Blacks is to wean away from their "congenitally stupid unwillingness to swing between the major parties," Charlie S. Stone, senior editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, told the crowd...
...past years. Whether or not all the schools adhered to the ruling (rumors of holes in the nets at Cornell continue to persist) is uncertain. But Harvard did, with Scalise busy with women's soccer, and a surplus of laxmen wandering around Soldiers Field, searching for a place to swing their sticks. The vacant tennis courts behind Palmer Dixon were finally settled on, but a tennis court does not a lax field make, with space enough for only a few players to practice at once...
...Well, how about starting with old number 19, Freddy Lynn? You know, picture-perfect swing, best damn centerfielder around...
...issue is a thorny one for Reagan. Although philosophically a free trader, the President, during a campaign swing through Michigan last year, vowed to help the auto industry. Aides indicated at the time that he favored a voluntary agreement with the Japanese to reduce imports. After the election, Reagan asked Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to review a study of the auto industry that had been completed by the Carter Administration. Results of the review will be submitted to the President within two weeks...
...scientific" form, creationism is the brainchild of Christian fundamentalists all across the U.S. Over the past 15 months fundamentalist groups have persuaded legislators in 14 states to introduce laws requiring creationist views in science classes; none has passed. During a presidential campaign swing through Texas, Ronald Reagan was asked his view on the teaching of evolution. His answer (an almost verbatim quotation of positions taken by the Moral Majority and the Rev. Jerry Falwell): "It is a scientific theory only, and it is not believed in the scientific community to be as infallible as it once was believed...