Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shultz mission was hastily hatched. When the Secretary of State embarked on a twelve-day swing through Asia three weeks ago, he dispatched Special Envoy Philip Habib to judge whether a Middle East side trip by Habib's boss would be worthwhile. By the time Shultz reached Pakistan, his last stop in Asia, senior White House aides decided that he should visit the region. They reasoned that Shultz had little to lose-and much to gain if, miraculously, his presence spurred some progress. Said an Administration official: "No one thought we had to score on this or else...
After the Reagan Administration's many pious pronouncements against protectionism and the agreement to foster free trade at the Williamsburg economic summit in May, the White House had a hard time defending the tariffs. They were, said U.S. Trade Representative William Brock, a "two by four" to swing against unfair subsidies and "a world system that is totally trade distortive, where governments intervene at will without any consideration of international rule." To many outsiders, though, the White House action looked like a cave-in to domestic pressures without consideration of the long-term consequences for international trade...
...candidate gets a sufficient number of first place votes, his ballots spill over to the number two ranking candidate (or something like that). Currently, power is balanced, with the CCA and the Independents each holding four seats, and Vellucci, who calls himself a "small i" independent, often providing the swing vote...
Miraculous testimonies abounded on Richard Roberts' swing through Wisconsin. It was impossible to discern which people might have been cured and which were subject only to passing psychological relief. Some could even have sworn to have been made well, hoping that a taped segment of the event would make Oral's television show. Like all Christian faith healers, Richard attributes any cures to God's power, not his own, and says of his role: "If they say they are healed, no matter what you or anybody else thinks, you sure can't deny...
WEST GERMANY: "The upswing that had been talked about so much has started to the extent that the up is there, but the swing is still missing," said West Germany's Giersch. The consensus among forecasters, Giersch said, was for 2.25% growth this year, with inflation falling to 3%. Unemployment is likely to stay at 9% to 9.5% in 1983, and Giersch saw little improvement in that trend next year. He anticipated that the country's healthy current-accounts surplus, which is expected to total $4 billion this year, will remain near that level for at least...