Word: swung
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...winter swung into full gear this year, I began pulling out my itinerary more and more just to reassure myself that it existed. With each new foot of snow that fell, I thought of a new strategy to procure maximum beads at the parades. With each bad Harvard Dining Services meal, I thought of the craw-fish and seafood gumbo that awaited me in the Big Easy...
...pendulum swung back to Harvard's end of theice, and it was Don Chase who capitalized on thepersistent Eagle forecheck, taking a feed from RobLaFerriere and beating Israel high frompoint-blank range with only 4:32 remaining...
...according to another supporter, Rufo'sdefeat may have been caused by poor campaignstrategy. The supporter, who requested anonymity,said that Rufo failed to track down those no-showvoters who had promised their support--and couldhave swung the vote in his favor...
...predict more than a week or two in advance. But when it comes to climate -- the long-term weather averages that make the U.S. temperate and the tropics torrid -- scientists are confident that they understand the overall pattern. Over the past million years or so, the planet has swung between ice ages lasting on the order of 100,000 years and interglacial periods of about 10,000. During each phase, the climate is pretty steady. It's the stability of the current interglacial epoch, which began 10,000 years ago, that made the invention of agriculture, and thus the rise...
Returning to his post in South Africa, MacLeod swung into action to set up the interviews. He was hoping for a milestone to make the timing of the story most meaningful, and after last week's multiparty agreement on a date for the country's first free elections, he finally had one. Momentous occasions, however, can be the most difficult times in which to secure interviews, especially from two such important individuals. After much negotiation, De Klerk agreed to talk at his office in Pretoria. During the actual interview, he was outwardly relaxed, chain-smoking and joking about golf...