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When asked whether he had lobbied his colleagues to defeat the resolution authorizing the air war, as had been reported, DeLay conceded that he had "talked to a couple of members during the vote" but claimed not to have swayed anyone since it was "a vote of conscience."
(This column assures you it will not be swayed by threats of anti-trust legislation against Microsoft.
Broder and Waas never explicitly claim that the Spectator money swayed Hale.
Fortunes swayed to and fro for centuries, but it was not until 1212, at Las Navas de Tolosa in northern Spain, that the Christians gained their first decisive victory.
Two of my dictionaries inform me that the origin of the term honky is unknown, and Mr. Beresky's articulate arguments for “hunky” [IV,4] have not swayed me.