Word: swunged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...himself elected to Congress. Committed to politics, he returned to New Hampshire after his single term in Washington and struck out for the Governor's job. He lost by 157 votes in 1946, came back to win in 1948 and again in 1950. The following year, Governor Adams swung behind Dwight Eisenhower, although the two had never met, and turned a strong Taft tide in New Hampshire to help Ike win the presidential primary in 1952. Adams' knowing way with politics and his efficiency as Ike's floor manager at the Chicago convention brought him close...
...bull just did not seem interested in anything. Matador Julio Aparicio, although the bull was his responsibility, made no move to dispatch him. When all else failed, the president of the ring sent a quick message to the chief ring attendant. The gate leading to the patio de caballos swung open, and into the ring, its ancient radiator spewing steam, rumbled the city of Toledo's water truck...
...carved mahogany door of the House Ways & Means Committee's conference room swung open and out came a score of frazzled committee members, leaving wan and weary Chairman Wilbur Mills behind to talk to reporters. Arkansas' Mills had an announcement of key importance: pending a final vote this week, the committee had informally approved the Eisenhower Administration's five-year extension of the reciprocal-trade program, with authority for the President to cut tariffs by an additional 25% at the top rate of 5% a year...
...Adios. Next afternoon Venezuelan forces cleared the route to the airport of all traffic, and a bulletproof limousine convoyed by six truckloads of armed troops swung through the city with Nixon safely inside. At the Vice President's feet lay two carbines and four bright red tear-gas bombs...
When hand-stoked coal drove Old 97 down that mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville, the brawny fireman was as essential as the engineer himself. Sweatily, he swung the heavy scoop between the clanking tender and the hellish firebox, pausing only rarely to rest his arm on the ledge of the left-hand window. But Old 97 and almost all the other steam locomotives have given way on U.S. and Canadian railroads to unsung diesels...