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Word: swinging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...capitalist tools go, Malcolm Forbes, 65, cuts a wide swath. The millionaire chairman and editor in chief of Forbes magazine last week embarked on an 18-day swing through Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei for the sheer swell of it. Traveling with an entourage of 20 in his private Boeing 727 (dubbed Capitalist Tool, after the magazine's slogan), Forbes made his first stop at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. He brought along an $80,000, 90- ft.-tall, elephant-shaped balloon to entertain the royal family, but high winds curtailed the flight. Forbes is not bothered by little deflations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 6, 1985 | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...drag out the grills and declare a barbeque. Eager and willing to celebrate this long-anticipated new season, impatient Winthropians don Hawaiian shirts and sun-glasses. Music comes blasting into the courtyard from some heavenly sphere--or is it really only that fourth floor window? Miraculously, a tire swing appears in a nearby tree. Idyllic, you say. Just exactly how a spring day should be, you say. Well, you're wrong. Something is amiss with this picture...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Spring Hasn't Sprung | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

...impressive win upped Harvard's overall record to 9-4 and brought to a close a grueling five-game road swing...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Streaking Laxwomen Pound Terriers, 10-3 | 4/24/1985 | See Source »

Accepted to Harvard and three other prestigious New England colleges, IBIS L. THRESKIORNIS '89 of Duluth, Minn., took a swing through Cambridge last week to see if this place could ruffle his feathers. Harvard, of course, was happy to show him a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ibis Checks Out Harvard | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

Even with 64 first-round teams, college basketball declared a champion on April 1. The college hoop season started while football was still in full swing, but you don't see college football starting up, do you? No, because it's baseball season...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Season's Greetings | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

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