Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential campaign swings into full stride, the American voter is displaying a show-me attitude as perhaps never before: wary, worried and waiting to see how the candidates perform. This unwontedly watchful and volatile electorate has already turned the race into a highly personal, potentially nasty, intensely competitive-and, yes, nasty, intensely competitive-and, yes, exciting-contest. The voters who could give Republican Challenger Ronald Reagan a lead as high as 28% over President Jimmy Carter in July and then snatch it all away in August can hardly be regarded as the rock-ribbed supporters of party and candidates that...
Even so, nobody's hopes were very high about an early resolution of the crisis, if only because the internecine political warfare in Iran is still in full swing. No sooner had Prime Minister Raja'i sent a list of his Cabinet nominations to the Majlis last week than President Abolhassan Banisadr publicly complained that the nominations had not been approved by him, as required under the constitution. It was hardly the first time that the President and the Prime Minister had been at odds; Raja'i went so far as to lament that the President "does...
Brett cocked his right knee back slightly, strode forward, then whipped the bat in a flat, smooth swing. The result: a screaming triple down the rightfield line and another RBI. Said McGregor: "I gave him some of my best stuff, but George kept hanging in there until he got the pitch he wanted...
They could swing the election...
While clearly pleased with this swing back to constitutional government, Washington is concerned that Honduras might be used as a conduit for arms shipped to the Salvadoran guerrillas from Cuba and elsewhere. There have also been reports that thousands of Somoza's former national guardsmen are holed up in Honduras and plotting a counterrevolution against the Sandinistas. Partly to help the Honduran government guard against such in filtration, Washington has offered it a $3.5 million military-aid package...