Word: swing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victor hopes to help swing the state to the Republicans in the coming presidential election...
Thomas grasped the bar. He swung around once, twice, building speed and momentum for a spread-legged somersault over the bar, reaching in mid-air to grab the bar again before swinging into a perfect handstand. For a moment, he was frozen, balanced perfectly upside down. Then he flipped into action again, knifing his inverted body through a double "German" giant swing, arching his back into another handstand, twirling, spinning. Finally, tucking his knees into his chest, Thomas whipped into his dismount: a double somersault with a half-twist on each revolution. If he faltered on landing, took one steadying...
...having to struggle to keep up with the court's work load but, growing in self-confidence and independence, he increasingly joins the group. Justice William Rehnquist has the intelligence and the personal charm to be the leader but is too far to the right to consistently swing others. The two leftover liberals from the Earl Warren Court, Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan, are embittered and isolated. In his chambers, Brennan calls the chief "dummy" and rails in dissent with an "acid pen." (Brennan is not, however, above letting a life sentence stand in one case in order...
...Carter responded to Khomeini's sharpening of the war of nerves with a series of escalated warnings of his own. To focus most of his attention on the crisis, the President canceled two political trips: one a quickie visit to the Northwest, the other a four-day cross-country swing. He also scaled down his plans for his formal announcement of candidacy this week. Instead of the extravaganza originally planned, he will probably make a low-key speech from the Oval Office, then briefly drop by a fund-raising dinner in Washington...
...youngster, they all have a hook. Somewhere, deep in their past, there is a superhero. Or even better, a supervillain. Darth Vader Death Star space stations are hot this year, even at $40, a clerk explains. And why not--they've got an Alien Trash Monster, a Rope Swing to Safety, an exploding laser cannon and even a "working elevator...