Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Britons favor a new centrist party in the political lineup. The N.E.C.'s high-handedness may have galvanized the moderates into action. Leaders of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers immediately mounted a campaign to elect moderates to its 1 million-vote conference bloc; that move could swing the balance once again to the cautious socialism of the right...
...Working for the Clampdown" is the only song on London Calling with the Clash's old bang-it-out-and-mow-them-down ferocity. The other songs employ speeded-up reggae, pop harmony, heavily produced ballads, or Jamaican swing to get essentially the same political points across to a larger audience. London Calling contains only one love song, and it's the worst on the record...
London calling, see we ain't got no swing...
...amid the cheese. Beefcake has sold as well, including young Rock Stars Andy Gibb and Leif Garrett, John Travolta looking disco-feverish and NBC's heart throb Highway Cop Erik Estrada posing with his CHiPs down. Alas, such posters may soon be passé. Manufacturers report a swing away from pictures of individuals and a renewed interest in, of all things, outdoor scenes, mottoes and geometries...
...become even more competitive because the decline of the yen against the dollar since mid-1979 has held down the prices of Japanese goods in America. Yet Japanese automakers argue that the major reason for their success is that the U.S. car companies failed to anticipate and exploit the swing to gas-saving small models. That failure certainly contributed to the U.S. success of Volkswagen, which started producing Rabbits at a Pennsylvania plant in 1978, and has experienced such high demand that would-be buyers sometimes have had to wait months for delivery. The company now plans to expand...