Word: swinging
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Nearly every aspect of life in South Africa is a stark study in black and white. That was clearer than ever last week after a strong swing to the right in a whites-only national election. A jubilant State President P.W. Botha, whose party increased its seats in Parliament, went on national television after declaring victory and said, "The outside world must accept that the white electorate is here to stay and has a special duty in South Africa." To Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the country's best-known blacks, the election carried a very different lesson. Said...
White voters listened to the debate, but that did not stop them from casting their ballots in overwhelming numbers for parties advocating a . continuation of apartheid. Several recent events apparently combined to bring about the swing to the right. The white electorate was still shocked and angry over the economic sanctions imposed last year by the U.S., Canada and most West European countries. Whites were also worried about the current period of internal unrest, the most prolonged in the country's history. And though many were troubled by the government's handling of the eleven-month-old state of emergency...
...originals and covers, with the latter enhancing and illuminating the former. The attachment of "Not Face Away" to "Uncomplicated" revealed Costello as a latter-day Buddy Holly who goes to meet Peggy Sue with lexicon in hand. His interpretation of Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said" gave an easy swing to its companion, "Radio Sweetheart." And the way that the Beatles' "Hide Your Love Away" flowed out of "New Amsterdam" clearly displayed the desperation that inspired the Costello original. It was not ol' Blue Eyes, but ol' Blue Balls...
...established reputation for programming, financial solvency is still difficult for Kleiler. "I hold down six part-time jobs, and try to stay ahead of the bills." Audiences for Rear Window features range from as little as six to as many as sixty people (at a recent showing of "Swing-time"). Collaborations with organizations such as the Boston Architectural Center (which rebuilt its top floor screening room for the Rear Window) and the Boston Food Co-op ease the financial burden; these organizations underwrite the series, giving Kleiler the freedom to program without concern for financial problems...
Cambridge's city council consists of four liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)-backed members, who actively support rent control, four conservative Independent Party members, who are pro-business and anti-rent control, and one independent member, Al Vellucci, who often casts the swing vote on controversial legislation...