Word: blowout
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...Tuesday, voters got the chance to send Washington their own message. It was two words: Shut up! So the election that was supposed to be another G.O.P. blowout ended with a gain of five House seats for the Democrats, no change in the Senate and the morning-after spectacle of dumbstruck Republicans. They will still rule the next Congress, but with nothing like the headlong confidence they brought there after their triumph in 1994, when they knew in their bones that they were the party with a direct channel to the majority will. What most Americans these days appear...
Brown (5-3, 3-2 Ivy) extended its own winning streak to four games with its 27-6 blowout over Harvard (4-4, 3-2) at The Stadium and moved into a four-way tie with the Crimson for second place in the Ancient Eight. The Bears dominated the second half, scoring 20 points on 218 total yards while limiting the Crimson to zero points on 55 net yards in running away with the victory. BROWN 27 HARVARD...
...give the President of the United States an ultimatum!" Netanyahu, backing down, protested that he had been asleep and hadn't authorized any departure. (In fact, American officials said, he had given the orders to load the helicopters for the flight to Andrews Air Force Base.) The blowout wasn't a total surprise: U.S. officials had written memos predicting at least one, probably two, Bibi meltdowns en route to a deal. At 2 a.m., the first meltdown controlled, the Americans gave both sides a draft agreement...
Princeton (12-2, 6-0 Ivy) scored two goals in the first 17 minutes of Saturday's game en route to a 5-1 blowout of Harvard (7-7, 3-2). Princeton sophomore Hilary Matson--last season's Ivy League Rookie of the Year--scored two goals, including the game's first, as her Tigers clinched at least a share of their fifth consecutive Ivy League title...
...blowout final score was deceptive. The Crimson hung with an explosive Raider offense for the bulk of the afternoon and trailed 20-14 at the start of the fourth quarter...