Word: swinging
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This was relatively easy. The only rail road running east from Cairo to the Egyptian outposts along the Israeli border crosses the Suez Canal by a small swing bridge at El Ferdan (see.map). One night last week, a British lieutenant quietly led his platoon along the moonlit sand dunes approaching the bridge, where Egyptian soldiers stood on guard. There was a short, fierce battle, but in 15 minutes five Egyptians were dead and the British, with no casualties, had the bridge...
...swing of Liberal Party strength to the Tory side was a decisive factor, and the "Orphan" vote went Conservative in districts where it hurt Labour most. Tabulations resumed at 6 a.m. (FST) this morning...
...problem in local politics is to bring out good, qualified men, instead of the self-seeking type," he states. Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 emphasizes the CCA's financial contribution to these endorsed candidates. "In a city wide vote, the CCA's contribution makes it easier for it to swing the election. A candidate who has ability and qualifications also needs about $2000 to campaign successfully. Many of the most qualified candidates could not scrape together this amount." The most notable examples of this, Crane says, are Professor Amory, Richard M. Gummere, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, who served...
About four registered electors in five will remember, and vote. The betting in London is a little under 2 to 1 that they will return the Tories to office. The present Labor majority is so razor-thin that a small swing would bring Churchill back. Labor holds 54 seats by fewer than 3,000 votes. No landslide is needed -merely a consistent trickle-to give the Tories a majority of 40 or 50 seats, which they regard as the minimum with which they could work for five years...
...hardly the stuff from which sturdy democracies are made. Yet they, as much as Konrad Adenauer's government, have made truncated West Germany a going concern. Serving their own interests, they also serve the West. For a resurrected Germany, economically and politically linked to NATO, may decisively swing the European balance of power against Russia...