Chris swung his sword!

It had swung too far in the direction of chaos under Yeltsin, and has now swung too far in the direction of order and state control under Putin. It has not swung back to Stalinism Czarism might be a better historical metaphor.

I jabbed with my left. Then I swung with a right.

Twelve grand would have swung it, and I almost made it once.

One view is that Russian politics is like a pendulum. It had swung too far in the direction of chaos under Yeltsin, and has now swung too far in the direction of order and state control under Putin.

Gradually, the balance of advantage swung away from the Communist leadership especially after Mikhail Gorbachev took over as Soviet leader and back toward Solidarity. Exhausted, the Polish Communist regime agreed to sit down to talks with Solidarity.

I thought I heard a noise. You might have swung this poker at me, or I at you.

This is one reason why so many people have felt estranged from their political leaders. But it would be unfortunate indeed, dangerous if the pendulum now swung back to old fashioned nationalism.

Like the peoples of other United Nations Members who have fought for their freedom, thousands of Nicaraguans have died for it, victims of a perverse pendulum that swung from authoritarianism to totalitarianism.

Down, down, down!

The cause of this state of affairs, in one word, is austerity. Weak demand in Europe is the real reason why emerging markets current accounts deteriorated (and, with the exception of China, swung into deficit).

Down, down.

As one of the architects of policy after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, I know the controversy, anguish, and cost of the decisions taken. I understand why the pendulum has swung so heavily the other way.

But this view misses the real reason why capital flowed into emerging markets over the last few years, and why the external accounts of so many of them have swung into deficit. The real culprit is the euro.

Down. Down. HONKING

Down, Lady, down!

Airplanes! Down! Down!

In contrast, other companies have swung to the opposite extreme and embraced fully virtual meetings. The board gathers in front of a camera for a live webcast to shareholders, takes questions submitted in advance, and avoids the protesters altogether.

Hey, hey, hey, slow down, slow down, slow down.

Man down! Man down!

Sit down...sit down!

Sit down, sit down.

Calm down, calm down.

Get down, get down.

Sit down, sit down!

And one of the things that you see is that male line, the mortality is going down, down, down, down, down.

Sit down, ladies. Sit down.

Well, sit down, sit down!

Get down and stay down!

Sit down. Sit down quietly.

Colonel, get down! Get down!

Get down and stay down.

Lie down. Stay lying down.

Ah, but the glass has gone down and down and down.

Yet today the pendulum has arguably swung too far in the opposite direction. Perhaps scholars who argue that Islamic financial systems prohibition on interest generates massive inefficiencies ought to be looking at these systems for positive ideas that Western policymakers might adopt.

Come on, sit down! Sit down.

Down the street, down the street

All right, sit down, sit down.

Down with him! Down with him!

Slow down. Slow down, all boats.

Nobody does. Sit down, sit down.

Gradually, bringing it down, bringing it down.

Now, get down there. Stay down there...

Now, come on. Sit down. Sit down.

Down with the Nazis! Down with Hitler!