Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, Jackson, one of baseball's greatest hitters, became a victim of the conspiracy, since he couldn't read or write. Sweeney, whose swing could rival that of some real-life baseball players, brilliantly portrays Jackson as a simple man who knows only one thing: how to hit a baseball. Buck Weaver also represents this innocence, and Cusack does an exceptional job of playing this typical "man against the world" character...
...namely to Black communities. Recently, the Dukakis campaign alloted Jackson and other Black Democratic leaders $5 million of the Dukakis campaign's $50 million budget for a get-out-the-Black-vote drive. Dukakis himself seems intent on remaining out of Black communites lest some white swing voters deem him sympathetic to Black causes...
...really. A pitcher needs to be able to sight along the line of a pitch. On the other hand, a lefthanded batter with, say, a batting average of .300 probably has a sharp right eye turned toward the pitcher and a well-tuned left hand to guide his swing. The researchers advise young athletes to take their cue from their dominant eye: "If right-eyed, bat lefthanded, and if left-eyed, bat righthanded." Portal notes, however, that stellar sluggers and pitchers appear to be in a league apart; they don't favor either eye. Says...
...East Boston headquarters of the eventual winner, incumbent State Senator Michael LoPresti, Jr. '70, supporters sat munching grapes and cheese. Swing music crept out through crackling speakers, and campaign staffers announced precinct-by-precinct results in a friendly fashion, calling LoPresti's opponent, Boston City Councillor Robert Travaglini, "Bobby" or "Trav...
...rural West Texas and the Panhandle. Democrats hope to split Houston with the G.O.P. and roll up a huge margin in South Texas. If so, the campaign will be decided in the small towns of central and East Texas, home to the bulk of the state's 2 million swing voters, a quarter of the total. But there is a demographic codicil: the Democratic margin in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley depends heavily on retaining the loyalty of Hispanic voters, who are being assiduously courted by Bush. "Name me a Hispanic who doesn't like to hunt in South Texas...