• So I'm afraid at any moment my grandmother could just swing down from heaven with a switch.

    NPR: Anthony Hamilton: 'Ain't Nobody Worryin'

  • The coming rain should swing down like a blade while the storm takes him high and sets him right by shaking him apart.

    NEWYORKER: Wasps

  • Warren White of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and his colleagues were the first to find that sea-surface temperatures across the globe swing up and down in a 10-to 12-year period that lags behind the solar cycle by two to three years.

    ECONOMIST: The earth��s climate

  • Kennedy proved the key swing vote in striking down the Louisville and Seattle plans.

    CNN: Divided court rejects school diversity plans

  • One day after school Maritza cornered Oscar behind the swing set and laid down the law, It's either her or me!

    NPR: Diaz's First Novel Details a 'Wondrous Life'

  • Jim Fitzpatrick said that he remained convinced that Mr Livingstone would back down and swing behind official party candidate Frank Dobson - despite keeping the party guessing for more than a week.

    BBC: You are in: UK Politics

  • After all, the differences between the two candidates are in many ways relatively small: whoever can bring down the most swing voters will win.

    ECONOMIST: The duck-hunting season begins

  • To begin, stand with knees and hips slightly bent, one end of the rope in each hand, and swing the arms up and down one at a time or simultaneously to rapidly lift and slam the rope to the floor.

    WSJ: What's Your Workout: From a Ball and Basket to a Stick and Some Ice

  • Yes, the Pong Indie Developer Challenge is in full swing, and Atari has pared down some 90-odd submissions to mere 15.

    ENGADGET: 15 indie developers re-imagine Pong for iOS, hope to win Atari contract

  • One possibility is that the jet streams that normally hit the west coast straight on will instead swing up into Alaska and dive down the coast, bringing along cold arctic winds with it.

    CNN: La Nina spawns extreme weather

  • And Chinese stocks all through the steel industry, from iron ore to finished goods, which were built up in the expectation of a bigger stimulus package than has yet materialised, are now being run down, amplifying the downward price swing.

    ECONOMIST: Iron ore

  • President Obama is justifiably afraid to alienate swing voters in the presidential debates by doubling down on discredited global warming claims, but global warming alarmism is indeed the pink elephant in the room every time Obama is forced to defend his suppression of affordable conventional energy.

    FORBES: Obama Unites Global Warming Alarmists, Skeptics In Presidential Debates

  • Photos of an early version of the modern playground swing have been released in a bid to track down the oldest working models.

    BBC: Wicksteed Park releases archive photos for appeal

  • McIlroy aims to get back in the swing -- and respond to the gauntlet thrown down by Woods at the Houston Open, where he could return to the No. 1 ranking with victory.

    CNN: McIlroy happy to be chasing Tiger

  • But the good news for Obama is that these independents are swing voters, and their preferences are not locked down yet, which makes the four upcoming debates critical for this narrow but decisive sliver of the electorate.

    NPR: Candidates Vie For Female Voters' Attention

  • Considering that Democratic registration is down 825, 708 in the eight key swing states, and independent registration up 254, 310, independents ought to be ripe for the GOP in 2012.

    WSJ: Newt Gingrich Threatens GOP's Chance to Nab Independents

  • The more laid-back of the two lodges, aptly named Safari Lodge, consists of thatched-roof cottages nestled down in the African landscape, some accessed only by swing bridges.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Zhirkov, back in full swing after a brief spell with his head bandaged, then surged down the left and forced a shot that was well kept out by Jaaskelainen.

    BBC: Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

  • As the pitch came in, he pulled the bat down, angled it parallel to the ground, and took a level swing a swing very different from the homer-seeking, flailing uppercut that has become standard among current players, who have produced the highest strikeout numbers in baseball history.

    NEWYORKER: Artful Dodgers

  • Depending on how the elections swing in November, the rules may not even make it that far before being shot down.

    FORBES: New CAFE Rules Anger Just About Everyone

  • Down at the docks in Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, cranes swing into action, unloading "Edith" - the world's biggest container ship, which has just come into the port.

    BBC: Dutch show growing annoyance with EU

  • The face also contains a secret lever that makes the wall swing open to reveal a snug bedroom with an extra-long full-size Murphy bed that folds down when you pull the nose ring of another Mayan sculpture this one of a maternity goddess (hmmmm).

    FORBES: The Best Place To Laugh At The Mayan End Of The World (Unless They Were Right): The Roxbury Motel In New York

  • She has a very strong and important coalition for Democrats to win which is, you know, working class whites who, you know, tend to be historic, historically have been swing voters in elections, and so for any Democrat to win they need to do well and in a down economy, Democrats are poised to do well with that group.

    NPR: Obama Re-Writes History, Clinches Party Nomination

  • As Julius Genachowski winds down his five-year term as Chairman of the FCC, rumors of his successor are in full swing.

    ENGADGET

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