Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later that day, however, while Barzel was trying to swing C.D.U. hard-liners behind the declaration, a message came from Brandt's office that the Soviets had raised objections to the statement. Barzel, who has a reputation for being a cool operator, was visibly shaken. Ashen-faced, he left the caucus, muttering, "I don't understand." In his absence, a rumor raced through the opposition ranks that the Soviets had rejected the declaration out of hand...
...lobbyists concentrated both on persuading Congressmen to co-sponsor the Drinan-Gravel Resolution--which is still frozen in committee-- and on urging undecided, or "swing," senators to vote down the Byrd Amendment to the pending Case-Church Amendment. The Byrd Amendment makes cutoff of Congressional funds contingent upon a ceasefire agreement, and lobbyists felt it greatly weakened the original move. But Washington did some lobbying of its own. Tuesday morning Administration officials, including Presidential Adviser Henry A. Kissinger '50 and Secretary of State William P. Rogers, met with selected "swing" Senators. Tuesday afternoon the Byrd Amendment passed...
...mile, the two, both relays, and the sprints will be key events in the running. In the mile, Bob Seals and two Yale milers are within seconds of each other, and any permutation of the three is possible. The two mile is an event that could swing either way, with Harvard's Mike Koerner and Rick Rojas--the latter not fully recovered from a viral infection--a possible 1-2 threat, depending primarily on the ability of the Yale milers to double...
...drag bunting is doing it when the other team is off guard. I often swing hard at the first pitch and miss intentionally in order to make the infield think I'll be hitting away," McGugan said. "But what made that play against Princeton particularly effective was the fact that Tim was moving on the pitch. We have our own set of signals for this type of situation, and he knew what I was going to do," he said...
...Brazilian begins to wonder what in the world is going on. The answer: capoeira (pronounced cap-oh-wcry-rah), a combination of folk dancing and self-defense that has become a national craze. Along the beaches, in parks and at festivals all over Brazil, enthusiasts leap, fade, swing and sing in the country's first truly national folk manifestation. Capoeira pervades nearly every aspect of Brazilian life, from pop songs and poetry to sport and even formal receptions for state visitors. It resembles a super-athletic ballet, its deadly blows precisely calculated to miss by inches, and its movements...