Word: rout
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...Dartmouth men's basketball Coach Paul Cormier probably never thought that one of his high-scoring teams would score only nine points in one half. However, Princeton jumped out to a 28-9 halftime lead en route to a 66-28 rout of the Big Green Saturday night in front of 4281 spectators here at Jadwin...
...suspected that President Samuel Doe, who belongs to the Krahn tribe, would like to eradicate their people. Lately their fears have been reinforced as Doe's troops moved into northern Nimba county, a Gio stronghold and hotbed of opposition to the government. The army's ostensible purpose is to rout a ragtag band of perhaps 200 insurgents, but the soldiers have exceeded that mandate, looting and burning towns and firing on Gio civilians...
...Crimson's other Ivy meets this year--as in close to annihilation. Harvard has beaten league opponents by a whopping average margin of 46 points--blowouts by swimming standards. The Tigers have managed a respectable 21-point margin of victory, but they can't match the Crimson's routine rout...
...Niners want more. Immediately after the Super Bowl rout, players were already shouting a slogan that revealed their desire for true greatness. "Three-peat! Three-peat!" Their hubris set the heart pounding. Visions of a ring "for the thumb" no doubt were dancing in their heads...
Yale 7, Army 2: The Elis (5-6-0, 4-5-0) used four power-play goals to rout the Cadets (6-8-1, 3-7-1) in West Point...