Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...churches (O the misery of the plural!) must now do four things. They must have a clear understanding of the ground on which they stand, so as not to make a compromise of the faith. They must in all earnest start a process of internal revitalization to sweep away idol worship, worldliness, hypocrisy, division, ignorance, and heaviness of the eye and lukewarmness of the heart . . . They must quickly plan together and decide upon a program of practical and concrete social service. And they must revolutionize their organization, their theology, their ways of living, and their methods of evangelism...
...more to enjoy trees and flowers, there was little time to lose. In his fortress prison on the Ile de Yeu, the man who once dragged that he would live to be no was rapidly failing. By special dispensation he was no longer forced to make his bed or sweep his room, and he had given up his two daily 30-minute strolls in the prison yard. Though the prison director allowed him a radio, Petain seldom turned it on. But he still clung to his firm resolve to let posterity judge him on his record. The last paragraph...
...winds which still sweep across the diamond have not helped loosen up tight pitching muscles, while the outfielders are just beginning to get the range on their throws and infielders are still getting used to the outdoor turf after weeks of work in Briggs Cage...
Last year they saw Harvard sweep the river in the midst of whistles, hoots, Yachts, straw hats, long-legged and suntanned girls, seersuckered guys, and general bedlam. It was a joyous occasion but not unexpected. Tom Bolles has never lost a varsity race to Yale...
Asia's New Voice (MARCH OF TIME) is a moving window opening on one of the great upheavals of modern history. It takes a quick look at the sweep of events in India since the war: the withdrawal of the British, the vast subcontinental explosion of violence and civil war, the locust-like migrations of terrified millions, and, like the crack of a pistol in a crowded room, the assassination of Gandhi...