Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...French might succeed in throwing a precarious bridgehead across the river, which is very narrow at this point, but it would probably be more useful to sweep northward along the left bank, outflanking the German forces in the Vosges unless they clear out fast...
...Democratic sweep was such that Franklin Roosevelt had but a few lame ducks: Senators Guy Gillette of Iowa, Sam Jackson of Indiana and most notable of all, Henry Wallace. All the U.S. would watch to see what kind of job Mr. Wallace gets...
Washington. In this labor-conscious state, a well-organized P.A.C. helped boost registration. But it was largely a superorganized A. F. of L. which spearheaded the resounding Democratic sweep, ousting even popular Governor Arthur Langlie...
...thousand more votes in the right places. They found that a shift of only 303.414 votes would have given Tom Dewey 15 more states,*and a bare electoral majority. The exercise had one validity: it showed how much closer was the popular vote than Franklin Roosevelt's electoral sweep indicated. But Democratic lightning calculators came right back: a shift of only 282,000 votes in the Dewey states, and Franklin Roosevelt would have carried...
...ferocious block by Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard* helped Quarterback Doug ("Hard Luck") Kenna sweep right end for the opening touchdown. It was Army's first touchdown against Notre Dame in five years, and it stimulated the killer instinct in the Cadets' cheering section. "Get more ... get more," they chanted, and the West Pointers poured it on. Halfback Glenn Davis, with All-America stamped all over him, carried the ball eight times for 83 yards, scored three touchdowns. As the avalanche rolled on, the Cadet rooters changed their chant to: "Hit 'em again ... hit 'em again...