Word: rout
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That announcement--made on the night of King's assassination--has now been virtually forgotten, but the Administration's commitments to the general aims of the Poor People's Campaign remain the main rhetorical concern of Johnsonian liberalism. Thus a rout of the poor in the streets of the Capitol may destroy the credibility of the President's last pretensions to liberalism...
...alternative--bringing in police to rout the demonstrators--is simply too much for university administrators to stomach. Columbia proved that point perfectly. Unless administrations move quickly now to give students the representation they want--to put them in decision-making positions--the sit-ins and the take-overs will continue. And with good reason--they work...
Versatile Walter Johnson sparked the Yardlings' rout by placing first in both the long jump and 120-yard hurdles, second in the triple jump, and third in the high jump. He also anchored the winning 440 relay team...
After coasting to a 4-2 lead in singles, Princeton shocked Harvard by sweeping all three doubles matches. This unexpected doubles strength turned the battle into a rout...
Carl Yastrzemski went three-for-three yesterday to lead the Red Sox to a 9-2 rout over Cleveland in a game marred by mayhem at the plate...