Word: swing
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...Halley's comet began its swing around the far side of the sun in early January, it disappeared from view, not to be visible from earth again until after it emerged from the sun's glare in mid-February. Unfortunately for earthbound observers, it was during that unseen passage that Halley's put on its most dramatic display so far. As the comet neared its Feb. 9 perihelion, its closest approach to the sun (about 55 million miles), the searing solar rays caused increasing amounts of material to evaporate from its icy surface. Eventually the comet's enveloping gas cloud...
...House, Rep. Dave McCurdy, D-Okla., a principal swing vote in sending non-lethal aid to the rebels last year, said, "The tactics by the administration are backfiring. The level of rhetoric, the shrillness of attack, has lost them votes...
Noting the publicity value of Kennedy's name,he added that "money is not going to win thisrace" and "we'd only entertain a spending cap ifJoe Kennedy changed his last name." Vallely's adcampaign, already in full swing for severalmonths, depicts him as "the other...
Tolman, who has been preparing his candidacy for the past year, joins a race already in full swing--following the trend towards early campaigning set by candidates for the Eighth Congressional District seat held by departing Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Bachrach is prominent among more than a dozen candidates for that office, and is one of four state legislators leaving their seats open to competition among a host of local politicians in this rare game of musical chairs...
BENNY GOODMAN: Private Collection. Chamber music of Brahms, Beethoven and Weber. Benny Goodman, clarinet, with Leon Pommers, piano, and the Berkshire String Quartet (Musicmasters; 2 LPs). The King of Swing's classical recording career dates back to 1938, when he recorded the Mozart Clarinet Quintet with the Budapest String Quartet. These performances of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet and Trio in A Minor, Beethoven's Op. 11 Trio for piano, clarinet and cello, and Weber's Clarinet Quintet, which date from about 25 years ago, are | distinguished by Goodman's bright, bracing tone and fleet fingerwork. Although the clarinet naturally predominates...