Word: swung
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That market is under pressure as player opposition, new technology and the rise of single-purpose stadiums have swung team owners to grass. Virtually every new non-domed stadium under construction will have a grass surface. The Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots, as well as a number of baseball teams, switched back to grass several years ago. But even Gaines acknowledges that grass isn't the answer everywhere, particularly in northern climes and on municipal fields that get tons...
Debt Consolidation. Wanda Storey, a Miami paralegal, has just swung a $13,000, 9.5% home-equity loan. She used it to pay off $6,100 of credit-card borrowings on which she was being charged 22% interest, and a $6,900 loan at 18% for a vacation time share. Her saving: $150 in monthly payments, plus a tax reduction she has yet to calculate...
...momentum switched after Schaeffer swung for a crucial kill to force a sideout. That started a Crimson rally that ended at 11-5 with Schaeffer blocking, killing and tipping successfully for the last three points before an Eagle timeout. The senior middle hitter would finish the night with 11 kills...
...momentum quickly swung in the Red Storm's favor. St. John's retaliated with a 15-4 win in the third game before holding off a pesky Harvard team in the final two games, winning...
...decline of the Spetsnaz--and the way the public's perception of these special forces has swung from adulation to cynicism--symbolizes the way Russia has lost its bearings, its hopes for the future and its ideals. An elite group like the Spetsnaz was held together by a belief in the system, as more than half a dozen soldiers interviewed by TIME recall. No longer. "I swore allegiance to Russia," says Alexei. "I don't identify the present regime with Russia." Many feel equally alienated from their corrupt commanders. A conversation with Sergei, a Spetsnaz noncommissioned officer, frequently drifts...