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Word: swings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...someone who can hit the long ball. Seniors Pete Varney and Dan DeMichele were extremely dangerous not just because of their 400 batting averages but because they meant a possible run or two every time they stepped to the plate. Without them, Harvard lacks a player who with one swing of the bat can rub out a three-run deficit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Solid Year for Harvard Sports | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

...demanded that the United States would have ultimate control over all channels, and that licenses would be granted according to the standard of "public interest, convenience, or necessity." There would be no censorship, and no provision for guaranteed educational airtime or wavelengths. The Coolidge era was hitting its final swing, with advertising its new religion; Bruce Barton wrote of Jesus as the "founder of modern business." Gradually, "public service" ballyhoo was revealed as lip-service to informed opinion. Even sentimental traditions faltered; the "Silent Night" which allowed listeners to hear famous distant stations without local interference; uninterrupted nighttime broadcasting; flexible...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Fifty Golden Years of Broadcasting... | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

This vote, added to the votes of the three other losing candidates--Councilman Thomas I. Atkins, Councilman John L. Saltonstall Jr. and Socialist Workers Party candidate John E. Powers Jr.--should provide enough votes to swing the November election for the Mayor...

Author: By Patti B. Saris, | Title: Mayor White Outraces Mrs. Hicks... | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

THERE was more than a little skepticism last spring when U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that the Soviets "have a new swing-wing bomber under development" with "intercontinental range capability." Cynics pooh-poohed the "Big Swinger" as a propaganda ploy for the Air Force, which was trying to convince Congress that the U.S. should go ahead with the development of its own swing-wing supersonic bomber, the B1. But the doubts have proved unjustified. The new Soviet strategic bomber, officially designated "Backfire" by NATO, has been spotted and tracked during a number of test flights from the Ramenskoye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: A Soviet Swinger | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

Just how widely the yen will be allowed to fluctuate is not yet clear; the Bank of Japan said it would intervene to prevent too drastic a swing, at least for now. On the first day of the limited float, the yen was traded at an increase of 5% to 7% over the old rate, but just where it will settle is still uncertain. Japanese officials noted that the flotation was only a temporary measure, but U.S. importers were already predicting that the higher yen rate on top of the 10% surtax could effectively close the American market to Japanese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Nixon's Dollar and the Foreign Fallout | 9/6/1971 | See Source »

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