Word: swinging
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...other candidate who is not a CCA endorsee. Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, has also shown his commitment to just public policy. It is through his swing vote that much of the CCA agenda has been passed...
Because the current council is split between four neighborhood-oriented, conservative Independents and four liberal progressives backed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), with Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci holding a swing vote, a shift in one seat could result in a significant shift in city policy...
...alter the genetic material, or DNA, of cowpox virus by inserting a gene from another virus-herpes, hepatitis B or influenza (see diagram). The goal of these microscopic manipulations is to develop a vaccine that will fool the immune system and make it swing into action. A smallpox preventive that expresses a herpes trait, for instance, will provoke the body into creating antibodies against herpes. The person is then protectively armed against an actual attack of the disease...
Chun, whose visit to Rangoon was the first stop in an 18-day swing through six Asian and Pacific nations, was three minutes away from the memorial when the bomb, apparently meant for him, went off. His motorcade immediately turned away; soon afterward, the President cut short the journey and flew back to Seoul with his wife. Cabinet members who had not accompanied the President on the tour quickly convened in the South Korean capital, ordered the country's armed forces and police on special alert, and set up a task force of vice ministers to deal with...
DiCara, who has finished in fourth place in recent polls, canvassed almost every part of the city this weekend in an attempt, he said Saturday, to swing the substantial undecided vote and pick up supporters disillusioned over the recent flare-up between Finnegan and Flynn...