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Word: swings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Holding Off. Washington, still smarting from a pre-Christmas Senate vote to cut off aid to the F.N.L.A. and UNITA, mounted its own diplomatic offensive. William E. Schaufele Jr., the new U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, made a five-country swing through Zaire, Gabon, Cameroon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANGOLA: Now for Some Diplomacy | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...West Coast party girl in the early 1960s, blue-eyed raven-haired Judith Immoor Campbell was known to swing in high places. Mobster John Roselli squired her to Miami, Palm Springs and other expensive watering holes. She was frequently with Roselli's friend and boss, Chicago Mafia Don Sam ("Momo") Giancana. By her own description, she had a "close personal" relationship with an even more powerful figure: John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the U.S. "To me he was Jack Kennedy," she said last week. "He wasn't the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: J.F.K. and the Mobsters' Moll | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

Vellucci, an Independent, has been a swing vote on several important issues in the past, casting his ballot with liberals on rent control and in a mayoral election...

Author: By Henry Griggs, | Title: City Manager Asks for Civilian To Serve in Top Police Post | 12/16/1975 | See Source »

...Saturday, the swords did not swing as smoothly however, as the squad fell victim to the effects of some late night backgammon, and faded badly in the final round against the Swedish-studded NYU team...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Fencers Split Weekend Bouts, Outduel CCNY, Fall to NYU | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

Cadiff's production is enlivened by Gary S. Gluck's striking art deco sets and generally fine choreography. Especially well done are large chorus numbers like "My Darlin' Eileen"--which features the rich harmonizing of a strong male chorus, ably performing Irish jig steps--and "Swing," a '30s number in which black-skirted and leotarded dancers slink their way across the stage...

Author: By Julia M. Klevin, | Title: Hers And Hers | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

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