Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Officially one of the traditional-minded Independents, Vellucci actually belongs to a political party all his own. He is an old-fashioned populist when the issue is trash removal or repairing East Cambridge park benches. But Vellucci has also provided the swing vote for newfangled Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) projects from rent control to the adoption of an El Salvadorean "sister city...
...think that he would have learned to take the holidays in stride, to sashay through the swing season with a dignified sense of balance. Not the Captain. Balance was supposed to come with middle age, but these days he feels shakier than ever. The season overwhelms him with its polarities. Grand abstractions are undercut by particular forms. The gratitude of Thanksgiving reduced to a half-chewed drumstick. The generosity of Hanukkah and Christmas to Tammy Faye Bakker dolls. The renewal of New Year's to a horn toot...
Consumers may at last be ready to start curbing their spending. When the Christmas shopping season went into full swing last week, retail sales were lackluster despite boisterous promotion and discounting. At many stores the growth of revenues is not even keeping pace with 1987's inflation rate of about 5%. Sears reported last week that its November receipts rose only .7% over the same month in 1986, while J.C. Penney showed 4.3% growth. "People are looking more than they are buying. There is a level of concern and nervousness that wasn't there last year," said Mark Shulman, president...
While fast swimming and NCAA qualifying were the primary goals of the Southern swing, the Crimson will have no time to look back on its laurels. Tomorrow night, Brown University journeys to Blodgett Pool for a 7 p.m. showdown that should decide the Ivy League title...
...hockey season is in full swing. The men's basketball team just had its home opener. Winter sports have begun...