Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...California. Quite clearly, he was honestly surprised by the welcome he had received in the city that, in effect, he had campaigned against, decrying the nation's capital as the symbol of the Big Government dragon that he was so determined to slay. But when the President-elect flew in last week, Washington warmed to him as though he were a native son, mainly because he came not as a conquering hero but as a man with natural poise and an instinct for the gracious touch that seemed to dazzle almost everyone he met. The fact that Reagan...
When Reagan flew back to Los Angeles Friday for meetings with his advisers on Cabinet appointments, he left a capital suffused with good feeling, how ever transient. By adroit use of pageantry he effectively communicated an important message: he means to begin as a consensus seeker rather than a hard-edged ideologue, a man who will try to win the cooperation of the permanent establishment rather than govern over its opposition...
...they cruised into the season, blowing away their first six opponents. The sophmores, juniors and seniors, with no real sense of what it was like to lose, flew along on reputation. The freshmen, a little in awe of it all, hung on for the ride. Four of the first six games were shutouts. In one of them, the offense exploded for seven goals. The Crimson outscored its opponents...
...Gandhi also flew to the southern state of Kerala, where she attributed the current problems to her predecessors. "We have communal riots, high prices, unemployment left over from the wrong policies of the Janata and Lok Dal governments," she told listeners, who bedecked her with flower garlands. "We cannot allow antisocial elements, smugglers, hoarders, profiteers to gain the upper hand as happened under Janata...
...back to California from the East coast to watch the games. Wendy Sonnabend's mother, also on her way to California, made the stop in Colorado too. And last year's captain, Ellen Hart, who lives in Colorado Springs, and last year's All-Ivy goalkeeper Wendy Carle, who flew up from Texas on the spur of the moment, also got to see the team. Not bad for 1800 miles away...