Word: swing
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...determined playing of second fiddle, Bush still yearns for the top spot. Late in the campaign, he made one rare show of independence: at a time when there were many crucial swing states to visit on Reagan's behalf. Bush waited out a snowstorm to fly to the safe state of Iowa and campaign for Congressman Thomas Tauke, who had endorsed Bush on the eve of the Iowa caucuses that rocketed Bush to national renown in January. Much as Bush may have to stay under wraps, the vice presidency will give him many more chances to repay such past...
...drawing its electricity from a compact nuclear power pack, is ideally equipped to answer such questions. One of two identical ships en route to Saturn (its twin will reach it next August), the spacecraft carries eleven instruments, including two television cameras. During Voyager's swing by Jupiter in March 1979, these keen eyes sent back stunning closeups of the planet's turbulent atmosphere, detailed views of its moons and even a spectacular shot of a volcanic eruption on the Jovian satellite...
...Titan, the spacecraft will plunge through the plane of Saturn's rings, soar past the moon Tethys, and on Nov. 12 come to within 124,000 km (77,174 miles) of the planet's cloud tops. Whipped by Saturn's gravity, the spacecraft will then swing quickly up and around the planet, photograph other moons, make a film of Saturn's swiftly moving clouds and rings and, finally, head out of the solar system...
...last seven months the Hillel house has had its windows broken on several occasions, an air conditioner stolen, a swing set vandalized and the fence surrounding the house torn down...
Although the efforts of zealous lobbies such as the National Conservative Political Actions Committee and the Moral Majority did not backfire as severely as several Republican candidates feared they might, these groups did not swing the vote toward the GOP as much as the "massive Reagan victory," Gary Orren, lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government and former chief pollster for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), said yesterday...