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Word: switches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...union members. Unions took a gamble by endorsing Mondale last fall, well before the presidential primaries. Now that the risk has paid off, unions will be flexing their muscle more visibly. Their challenge: to persuade the 43% of union members who voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 to switch to Mondale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Low-Profile Politics | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

Kohl makes a quick switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Under a Cloud | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...those folks who seem to relish the story of security agents and protective apparatus as much as what Presidents and Prime Ministers do and say. No more yarns about "the sinister black briefcase" carrying nuclear codes, or the "android image" of the Secret Service, or how agents switch revolver style when they change clothes from casual (Smith & Wesson Model 10) to formal (Walther PPK), or the press "baying for names and quotes." Unfortunately, the prose that would result would be far more prosaic. The sense of pomp and ceremony and history would be sacrificed. But by taking refuge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Style of Exposure | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

They now pay 45%, and when the equal-access switch is complete, all long-distance companies will pay the same rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long-Distance Runners | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...squad out informally as he coached the men's spring club team in past years, gave the aquawomen some of the basic in struction they needed. Almost all of the player, who are current or ex-swimmers trying the sport out for the first time in college--made the switch from competitive swimming...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: A splashing debut | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

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