Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ding him: swing sneakily...
...India, Kenya and Bangladesh, could run up a combined trade deficit of $20 billion or more-if they can beg or borrow the money to pay for oil. The industrialized nations of the non-Communist world, which enjoyed a combined trade surplus of $12 billion last year, likely will swing this year to a deficit of around $40 billion...
Danehy had previously tried to break up the Independent-liberal coalition by proposing abolition of rent control. Sullivan and Russell were known to oppose controls, while the liberals supported them. The swing vote was cast by Vellucci, who voted with the liberals...
Wiesner became president of MIT in March 1971--two months after the appointment of President Bok--and, like Bok, was considered to be part of a swing by academic institutions toward younger, more aggressive leadership. MIT's 13th president, he previously served as its provost and dean of the MIT School of Science...
...MRCA fighter-bomber interceptor gets off the ground nicely this week, it may also take some business from U.S. companies. The swing-wing, twin-engine plane can break the sound barrier at near treetop level (752 m.p.h. at sea level), then soar high into the stratosphere at more than 1,350 m.p.h. -and do all this while carrying an unusually heavy weapons payload. The plane is specifically designed to replace aging U.S. aircraft in the West German Luftwaffe and navy, the Royal Air Force and the Italian air force...