Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once again the five-hurdle race to attain a coveted place in one of this country's medical schools is in full swing...
...Fourth Congressional District, stretching from Brookline to Gardner, has 42,000 Republicans, 76,000 Democrats and a large swing vote of 82,000 independents. Twenty-three percent of the district is Jewish, with the heaviest concentrations in Brookline and Newton, a Drinan stronghold in the last Congressional race...
...water around it so that one side begins to experience greater pressure than the other. If the rudder is swung to starboard (right), for instance, pressure on that side will increase and lessen on the other. As a result the stern, or tail end, of the boat will swing to port (left) and the bow, or front, to starboard. Moreover, the turn will become sharper as the rudder angle is increased. But if the angle becomes larger than 35° the rudder will stir up so much turbulence in the vicinity that it will rapidly lose its "grip...
...nooses on a silver salver. "May I suggest the silk, sir?" Tucker says respectfully. The earl accepts, and begins his evening ritual, first stripping to his long underwear, then donning a regimental uniform jacket and a white ballet skirt, and finally stringing himself up for a harmless little swing. The earl, however, mucks up on this particular occasion, and Tucker discovers him dangling from the proper silk rope, neck twisted like a child...
...turn pages at his own speed; a teacher can show a recorded lecture to her art class and let the image of Michelangelo's David linger on the screen while she digresses on Renaissance political thought; a golfer can stop Jack Nicklaus' swing just at the point where his own club usually goes awry. Using disks instead of tape does have a disadvantage; a video fan cannot make his own recordings. Both the Sony U-matic and the Cartrivision system can be sold with their own cameras for home taping, for at least $250 extra. On the other...