Word: swing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outgoing councillors--Saundra Graham and David E. Sullivan--are longtime members of the CCA, and the third--Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci--is a fierce Independent who is often the council's swing vote. Although CCA members have made up a minority on the council, cooperation with the mayor on rent control and affordable housing issues has allowed them to push through their program in several areas. Vellucci's departure could threaten this balance...
...outgoing councillors--Saundra Graham and David E. Sullivan--are longtime members of the CCA, and the third--Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci--is a fierce Independent who is often the council's swing vote. Although CCA members have made up a minority on the council, cooperation with the mayor on rent control and affordable housing issues has allowed them to push through their program in several areas. Vellucci's departure could threaten this balance...
...SWING OUT SISTER: KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD (Polygram). Sophisticated jazz-pop with a British twist. Corinne Drewery's silky vocals and Andrew Connell's buoyant keyboards create expansive, richly atmospheric arrangements...
...there is Da Mayor, an older alcoholic, who, with his wise words and placating ways, seems to swing more towards King's side of the spectrum...
...final swing in a playoff game. A lazy pop foul to third baseman Craig Nettles. And the Yankees and Yankee fans (at the time, myself included) rejoiced their own "impossible dream...