Word: swingingly
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...alike are keenly aware that they cannot ignore Rove's lean green line, no matter how small the number of truly independent voters. In a race as close as the one in 2000, where five states were decided by less than 1% of the vote, even tiny numbers of swing voters can be an electoral tipping point. Both sides hope that if they can expand their own ranks, they will build a cushion against the shifting and unpredictable allegiances of that small handful of late deciders...
...With general elections only five months away, a wholesale crackdown on deadbeats is unlikely. Most debtors are less than 40 years old, precisely the demographic the Roh administration needs to claim a majority in the National Assembly. Forgiving the debt of youthful voters might swing more of them to Roh's side. Says Jinsang Kim of HSBC Securities in Seoul: "What we have is the carrot without the stick...
...Bush rode into town on a platform of “compassionate conservatism.” I say it’s high time the Democrats embraced the logical counterweight to that position: tyrannical liberalism. An iron-fisted approach to social justice is almost certain to appeal to swing voters...
...institutions. And, until recently, fewer people speaking up. "People felt there was no response from the government, and even stopped reporting attacks because it led nowhere," says Pauline Bebe, a rabbi in Paris' 18th arrondissement. "Now they feel there's a will to stop this." Chirac is determined to swing the full weight of the French state at the problem. Good for him. But he may find that it lies beyond his reach. The same day Chirac announced his program to improve security for French Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suggested he might not have bothered. "The best solution...
...stuff of instant legend. Just seconds of extra time remained in Saturday?s Rugby World Cup final in Sydney, when England?s star kicker Jonny Wilkinson spotted a chance for a drop goal against holders Australia. He had fluffed three earlier attempts and, riskily, chose to swing his right foot over his favored left. Up and over the ball went: England...