Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sergeant. A key anti-Bernhard propagandist is Willem Oltmans, a freelance journalist. Oltmans' chumminess with Soviet diplomats in The Hague has aroused the curiosity of The Netherlands' FBI, the BVD (Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst). Many believe that his anti-Bernhard allegations are part of a well-orchestrated program to swing public opinion in favor of abdication. Said one Dutch official: "If the KGB is not behind the campaign, then at least they must be delighted in Moscow...
...control, Wilson is in no imminent danger from the official opposition, either. Winning Labor's seat in Coventry would have given the Tories considerable psychological clout, but not enough to try for a no-confidence vote that might force Wilson to resign and call for new elections. To swing that, the Tories would have to line up all the votes of the 13 Liberals, eleven Scottish and three Welsh nationalists, and the twelve Ulster M.P.s...
...private colleges are struggling to keep afloat. In fact, Temple University recently set up a Center City program copied directly from the New School; at New York University, the University of California and other schools, lively adult education programs based on the New School model are also in full swing. Says Clark Kerr, chairman of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education: "The New School is unique. It has made a special contribution to the intellectual life of the nation." The school intends to keep at it. Next year it will add exotic new courses in 300 Edible Fruits and Vegetables...
...that the Big Five are losing status within the universities. They are, in fact, gaining it as they move from training for the ministry toward academic study about religion. This swing to "religious studies,'' the report states, is the biggest change in religious higher education since separate divinity schools arose early in the 19th century...
...thought if he could swing a few faculty votes to his side he might ultimately prevail," the friend says. Pavlovich apparently realized plea bargaining was out of the question. He was "acutely aware that his was a precedent-setting case for loan fraud cases," the friend who spoke to him says, adding that Spiro "thinks he's got the whole world against...