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Word: swing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...times Vellucci can look like the onlydefender of real people's interests in the city.At times he seems an infuriating bully. In eithercase, other councillors tend to listen, becauseIndependents and CCA alike look to the mayor forhis swing vote...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Ping-Pong, Popsicles and Politics | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...mayor, an Independent who often provides the swing vote on zoning changes, reminded Wolf of the political situation and suggested that she be absolutely sure of the sixth vote before proceeding...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Council Makes Strange Bedfellows | 5/10/1989 | See Source »

...course often shoots up from less than four hours to five hours or more. Other players do not seem to understand that golfing is meant to get them away from the office. "There is nothing as disturbing as hearing a cellular telephone ring right in the middle of your swing," says Steve Lesnik, president of the company that manages the Kemper Lakes club outside Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Seventh Day He Played | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...solid; none of it was as soulful. Now Phoebe Snow is back, with her first album in eight years, whose title, Something Real, is a cool bit of understatement. The record is so real -- so immediate -- that the feelings described in its ten songs become almost palpable. The rhythms swing easy and rock on request, but the tunes have lyrics so vivid that each becomes an epigram from a broken heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Throwing In the Crying Towel | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...good news is that Joe Jackson has, by this time, developed into a nearly flawless songwriter. His 1979 debut album Look Sharp had few bad cuts, and since then Jackson has consistently experimented with standard pop forms and non-pop genres--among them big-band swing, cool jazz, salsa and orchestral music. Eleven albums later he presents us with pop music that almost guarantees an eclectic, hookladen album--which Jackson does deliver...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: Great Balls of Fire | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

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