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Word: swings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dodgers managed only six runs in the three games in New York, and half those came on ones swing when Reggie Smith tagged a homer in jgame 4. Their infield started springing leaks and the Yankees capitalized on almost every opportunity...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Unhappy Dodgers Stagger Back to L.A. To Continue an Upside-Down Series | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

...Please indicate a vein of good drinking water," he says, almost as an incantation. "It should flow at a rate of at least five gallons per minute and should not be more than 20 feet deep." He takes a few more steps, repeating the formula. And, lo, the rods swing 180° apart, forming a single line at right angles to his line of march. "It's here, all right," he announces without a trace of surprise. "Right under us there is a vein of free-flowing water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: Is Dowsing Going to the Dogs? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...backyard of Injunjoe's cabin colony. It is already late in the evening. A full moon is casting an eerie light on the scene. The skeptic moves forward, tightly gripping the twin rods and saying, "I am seeking water. I am seeking water." Suddenly the rods swing apart. Have the rods found water? Or did they simply slip apart from the motion of the skeptic's stride? Kaufmann has no doubts. "You've got the gift,: he gloats. "You've got divining power." What did he find? asks the incredulous apostle of science, admittedly a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: Is Dowsing Going to the Dogs? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Going into the playoffs, the Royals were producing their best baseball of the season. Swinging free, Amos Otis, who passes as the team's slugger, by last week was hitting .299 and had driven in 95 runs. Says he: "I see which way the flag is blowing and swing accordingly. If it's not blowing, I bunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Can Nice Guys Finish First? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Yastrzemski chose to swing at the Goose's second offering, a tailing, low inside fastball, and the result was a fluffernut popup that fell easily in Graig Nettles' glove for the final...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Yanks Nip Sox for Title, 5-4 | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

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