Word: swung
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...have done so on terms favorable to India: Even such long-term Pakistan allies as the U.S. and China urged Pakistan to withdraw, and the almost universal perception of Pakistan as the aggressor has actually strengthened India?s diplomatic standing. And while the incursion may have initially swung military hawks and religious fundamentalists behind the government, agreeing to end it without any tangible gain seems very likely to have the opposite effect...
...interesting that the Franks' secret annex was concealed by a bookcase that swung away from an opening where steps led up to a hidden door. For a while, Anne was protected by books, and then the Nazis pushed them aside to get at a young girl. First you kill the books; then you kill the children. What they could not know is that she had already escaped...
...Netanyahu, the man he credits with helping free him from the Soviet gulag. But he may have cost his buddy the race. The other Soviet Jews, 700,000 of whom have arrived in Israel in the past decade and who now represent 14% of the nation's electorate, swung victory to Barak. Veteran Israelis tend to stick rigidly in either the Labor or Likud camp, but "the Russians," as they are called, can go either way. This time just over half voted for Barak, enough to give him the edge...
...badge of shame. These bleeding-heart liberals as they are now disparagingly called, never hesitated to remind us that the most important issues were not how much money we were making or which cell phone matched our wardrobe. While often misguided and sometimes silly, the true liberals swung the political debate in innovative new directions, constantly pricking the public's conscience and making sure that politicians considered the most needy and underrepresented...
...final three sets of singles swung in the Tigers' favor as sophomore Sanaz Ghazal, freshman Fleur Broughton and Curto dropped in straight sets...