pendulum

Traditional clocks, from pendulums to atomic oscillators, depend on irreversible processes to track time.

We have seen pendulum swings like this before in other policy areas—and I just have to believe that it will swing in this area as well.

Nationwide, the pendulum has shifted profoundly from a period when school officials ratcheted up graduation requirements as a way to spur student achievement.

“I think this swings the pendulum too far in the other direction,” he said.

There are absolutely no guarantees that the pendulum will swing back to small caps.