Word: rout
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Round Rock is just one of 13 Texas school districts where moderates have prevailed over religious-right candidates in recent elections. And the rout of ultraconservatives in Texas mirrors the results of school-board elections last November in two key districts in California and Florida. While there is little evidence so far that the movement is spreading fast throughout America's 15,025 school boards, there are signs that moderates, many of whom stayed home when the first wave of ultraconservatives marched into office three years ago, are now mobilizing themselves. "If you have a really active group [of moderate...
...water politicking as to his seamanship. His clout with yacht-club cronies led to a new interpretation of the rules, allowing him to replace a broken keel with a better model. Hours before the last semifinals race, in which he would have been eliminated in a 5-min. rout by the mostly women's team aboard Mighty Mary, Conner negotiated a deal to turn the two-boat finals into a three-boat series. In his last finals race, Conner must have cut a deal with an even higher authority: his Stars & Stripes found a mysterious breeze that allowed...
...Presidential Palace for a long interview with President Nguyen Van Thieu. The South Vietnamese leader bore no small share of the blame for the impending catastrophe: it was his order to the army to withdraw from the Central Highlands without much of a fight that touched off the final rout. In the last few weeks, he had shuttled from one villa to another, increasingly out of touch with his aides and allies, and with reality. He even speculated that bombing strikes by American B-52s might halt the NVA's onslaught. Hanoi also had visions...
...second Mylin Torres--a duo that's unbeaten in league play--teamed up to rout their opponents...
Arnold began the onslaught with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win at third singles, and the rout was on. The Crimson's superior talent at the singles positions left the Columbia foes defeated in its wake...