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Word: swingingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...local resident well-known in the precinct area can often swing from 4 to 20 votes to the candidate of his choice, Napolitan said. He then pointed out that one more vote in each precinct would have given Nixon a majority of the popular vote in the 1960 Presidential election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Campaign Expert Reveals Methods Of'60 Elections | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

Corps members will be working for the most part in technical fields, where their duties will be more or less the same as these of professionals anywhere in the world. A science teacher in Nigeria or the Philippines does not swing a pick any more than a science teacher in the United States. He follows a classroom-plus-preparation routine just as any teacher. The physical hardships of a Peace Corps job lie in the realm of adjusting to a different climate and different physical surroundings. These adjustments depend on good health, not on good muscles. The spectacle...

Author: By Arnold R. Isaacs, | Title: What's Happening to the Peace Corps? | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

...returned, to Auschwitz, to Treblinka, when "the operation was in full swing. I was not near enough to see what was going on but, nevertheless, I saw the bridges, and on the bridges, I saw a file of naked Jews entering a big hall to be gassed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Don't Look | 4/28/1961 | See Source »

...will platooning affect youngsters like Howard and Fairly? How comfortably will Gilliam (who has played 150 games a year for ten years) sit on the bench with Moon, Hodges, and Demeter? How freely will Snider swing or Craig throw, worrying about next year's inevitable draft...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Giants Given Edge In Close N.L. Race | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

...though she'd memorized her own writing. You want to hear Jean say, 'Gee, you were great, Elaine.' Instead, you get nothing but humor 24 hours a day. They're a clean-cut couple. She drinks beer and he goes in for Cokes and Hershey bars. Jean should swing a bit with a Gibson and find herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: BROADWAY | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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