Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Halfway through the second period, the Crimson offense got untracked and the momentum began to swing in Harvard's favor...
Olmert senses an emerging rightist swing in Israel and believes that his party stands a strong chance of gaining strength in any new elections. He says that national dissatisfaction with the Rabin government is manifest, and that Likud's hard line is seen as the only realistic approach to the crisis, by increasingly large numbers of Israelis. Aloni denies the existence of this trend. "There is no rightist swing in Israel-the problem is simply that the government is undefined in its position, and indecision by those in power generally tends to aid the opposition; and in Israel, Likud...
...which Revenge is similar only in title. Enter gave him a start at cultivating an audience larger than the matinee trade. But he remains now, since his death, the proud province of a militant army of action lovers who respond to him the way previous generations watched Johnny Weissmuller swing through the jungle or Buster Crabbe chase the Emperor Ming all over Mongo...
Later the President, on a campaign swing through Southern California, paid the patient an eight-minute visit. Nixon's voice was husky, but he showed no difficulty in talking. Propped up in bed, he discussed Ford's upcoming visit to Japan and the diplomatic travels of Henry Kissinger. At one point, Ford asked Nixon: "Did you have a good night?" Nixon replied: "None of the nights are too good." A sober Ford emerged from the visit to tell newsmen: "Obviously, he's a very sick man. But I think he's coming along well...
That is precisely what Foreman did. In the sultry tropical night (the temperature was 86° and the humidity about 90%), Foreman's punches soon lost power. Arm weary, he began to swing wildly, frequently missing entirely, spinning around on his own momentum like a worn-out drunk. Ali took advantage of Foreman's slack defense by springing off the ropes time after time to jolt the bone-tired champ with lightning combinations to the head...