Word: swingingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have read that the right of a man to swing his fist stops just short of the other fellow's nose. I just saw where the nose of the American taxpayer has been violated to the tune of $1,078,500 by the recent Pentagon panty raid [Nov. 3]. In addition, as the war is prolonged by this show of dissent to the policy of checking the spread of Communism, more American boys must lose their lives. Why? Perhaps Dr. Spock can fly to Hanoi and bring peace in our time. DR. N. B. GRANTHAM Smithfield...
...Jersey: Big Swing New Jersey often swings with the nation. This year, voting for an expanded and reapportioned legislature, Republicans demolished Democratic Governor Richard J. Hughes's control of both chambers, sweeping 31 of the senate's 40 seats and 58 of the assembly's 80. Hughes, 58, who has raised taxes, improved welfare and pushed integration in his five years as Governor (his second term ends in 1970) was no doubt hurt by last summer's riots. His reaction: "Sometimes leadership bears the burdens of retaliation...
...right and what is politic for the School Committee, and underlined the significance of last Tuesday's election--that traditional disparity may be disappearing. Fitzgerald's tally has fallen sharply from the 1965 election. Duehay and the other CCA candidates have picked up support. This means that any swing in the new Committee will be toward progress and increased tolerance for "outsiders" like Harvard and the help they can give the City's schools...
Syntax Soldier. The shelling was an ominous interlude in the Vice President's three-day swing through South VietNam, a tour of syntax soldiering that found Humphrey at his ebullient best. Traveling by armed Huey helicopter, C-118 transport, Jeep, limousine and shanks' mare, the Vice President-who bore the code name Northwest-coursed from the Delta to the Demilitarized Zone on a threefold mission...
...moment, however, the strike was not really over. Despite the national settlement, such local issues as overtime and work conditions kept a number of assembly and parts plants closed down, and production was not expected to get into full swing until some time this week...