Word: swung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...momentum in the seesaw war has increasingly swung in Iran's favor. In February, Tehran staged its most sophisticated assault of the long and bloody conflict. Named Val Fajr (I Swear by the Dawn), the attack seized the Iraqi oil port of Fao. Iraq recovered briefly by capturing the Iranian border town of Mehran in May, only to lose it again in June. Though it enjoys an enormous advantage in equipment, its reliance on rigid defensive tactics makes its soldiers vulnerable to the night attacks and lightning raids of its enemy. "Remember," says a senior U.S. official, "the Iranians...
Just as nations have swung in recent years from state intervention to free enterprise, they could as easily shift back. The change could take place especially if the world economy turns down sharply or private-enterprise reforms do not pay off as quickly as promised. "While there does not appear to be any indication of a reversal in the shift toward capitalism," says Economist Alan Greenspan, "it would be a mistake to presume that the change is irreversible...
...said when he is in New York, he likes to slip out on the street and play a tune or two because you can pick up cash quickly that way. Then he got his guitar, an expensive Martin, and after making sure there were no women in earshot, he swung into Catfish Blues, a song so lowdown nasty he said "I ain't gon' give you too much." Most of the verses were difficult to understand -- there was something about "belly to belly" and "skin to skin" in the middle there -- but it did sound downright filthy nonetheless. It gave...
...house, there were foul poles (garden posts) and an on-deck circle with extra bats (if you swung two or more at a time, you were pretty cool). There was a home-made dugout occupied only by the "ghost runners" and even a resin bag (stuffed and clipped white rag) on the mound...
...first vote, a majority of the class voted against having the session at the shanties. We debated another five minutes and on the second vote just over a majority had swung in favor of attending the session. However, by the time we had all made it to the shanties from Lamont, only two or three people had decided to stay away--a testimonial to the intense pressure being felt...