Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freshman week, it's already in full swing. Besides the seminars--tremendously appealing small classes that accept far less than all their applicants---and the mixer, there will be conversations in the Union in which people compare SAT scores and introductory meetings for pre-meds and pre-laws...
...lopsided in Ford's favor. The Governor had effectively linked Cook to Nixon. But now, as one local G.O.P. official, Jack Will, puts it, "People will be voting on the candidates themselves." If Cook gets a campaign visit from President Ford, it is possible that the tide could swing...
...policy, to be pursued by the independent Federal Reserve with White House encouragement, will undoubtedly be the core of Ford's program, as they were at least in the rhetoric of Nixon's. But while Nixon gave no indication of where he wanted the budget ax to swing, Ford appears to have reached a hard and controversial decision: to resist deep cuts in the Pentagon budget and take the heaviest slices out of civilian programs...
...right. The latest team to swing at Tiant's pitches was the California Angels. Like nine blind mice, they managed to scratch out only four hits and no runs last week. That gave Tiant his 18th victory, practically assuring him of a second consecutive season as a 20-game winner, with a good shot at 25 victories by October. By no coincidence, at week's end the Red Sox had a firm hold on first place in the American League's Eastern Division...
...committee reached. One Harris measure was that people who voted for Nixon in the last election now favor impeachment by 49% to 43%. To assess the committee's impact directly on the most sensitive terrain, TIME correspondents visited the districts of some of the Judiciary Committee's swing-vote Congressmen-six Republicans and a Democrat who voted for impeachment and represent strongly pro-Nixon constituencies. The findings, and how they affect the political futures of the seven Congressmen...