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Word: swings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago Vellucci was elected mayor by the council's liberals--who were assured by Vellucci that as mayor with the "swing vote," he would support them on a number of issues. Since Monday, many have been wondering whether or not he will now desert them...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: A Different Kind of Cambridge Mayor | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

Harvard's main hopes lie in the fourth-and fifth-place categories, where Stowell says the team must "peck away at them." Triple-jumper Bruce Brooks and high-jumper Mike Young are the prime candidates to pick up these "unexpected" points that might swing the meet in the Crimson's favor, with Chris Queen and Tom DiBenedetto also challenging in the shot...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: Trackmen Vie for Greater Boston Title | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

...Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "We're not likely to attract a large number of blacks," concedes Kansas Senator (and former G.O.P. chairman) Robert Dole, "but we can attract substantial numbers." Brock says he hopes to garner 15% or more of the black vote-enough to swing close elections. Notes he: "There's no alternative. To survive, we must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wooing the Black Vote | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...Panama. Meanwhile, a "Panama Canal truth squad," including several members of Congress and a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was visiting four U.S. cities to drum up opposition to the treaties. As part of an Administration counteroffensive, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance made a three-day swing through the South and West before shuttling off to the Middle East. This week Defense Secretary Harold Brown will hit the road for a three-state speaking tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Squaring Off on the Canal | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...because of two not-so-secret weapons: Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and Minority Leader Howard H. Baker. Byrd has thrown his considerable support to the treaties, and Baker says he will back them as long as they are modified slightly. But how to wheedle the Senate's swing votes into joining them? "The one who knows that best is Byrd," says an Administration official. "We're just waiting now on his advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Squaring Off on the Canal | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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