Word: routs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first game, the batsmen jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in the second and adding three more in the fourth. They then turned the game into a rout by scoring nine runs in an explosive fifth inning...
...brutal suppression of the rebels, George Bush has borne the brunt of the blame for Western inaction. The President not only failed to explain clearly why the U.S. was unwilling to support the insurgents, but he seemed to show no mercy when their rebellion turned into a rout. Declared Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory: "The sight of those wretched souls streaming into Turkey . . . as Bush abandons them on the 18th hole of a Florida golf course, makes you wonder if in this case it is peace, rather than war, that is hell...
...Horror: Poverty is a Democratic issue. Civil rights is a Democratic issue. The environment is a Democratic issue. So I expected the debate between campus Democrats and campus Republicans on those topics to be a total rout...
...rout. A Republican rout. An undeniable, unmistakable, wire-to-wire massacre...
...rest of the Crimson sliced through Dartmouth with similar ease, sweeping all but one game. Freshman Jon Karlen, at number six, started off slow and dropped his first game, but mounted a potent 15-7, 15-8, 15-3 comeback to continue the Harvard rout...