Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day Scott and Irwin discovered that a glass covering on a dial in the lunar module had mysteriously shattered. Although the breakage itself was inconsequential, Mission Control was anxious to have them sweep up glass fragments lest they damage the astronauts' pressure suits. The shards were collected with a piece of sticky, flypaper-like tape and a vacuum hose...
...Cairo Raymond Hare explains, "is not a revolution but a revulsion." It is a revulsion against foreign domination, whether cultural, economic or political -and even unsophisticated Arabs recognize that Communism is a foreign import. Arabs still dream of the time, twelve centuries ago, when their forebears dominated a vast sweep of Europe, from the banks of the Indus to the valley of the Loire. They might use Communist help in hopes of restoring that glorious past, but they are not likely to accept Communist suzerainty...
...fear for the consequences. If the fight for liberation is prolonged too long, the democratic elements will be eliminated and the Communists will prevail. Up till now the Communists do not have a strong position. But if we fail to deliver the goods to our people, they will sweep us away...
...major nationally owned businesses have also agreed to go along. The Conservatives hope that the package will soften labor's wage demands. The Trades Union Congress hailed the stimulating aspects of the move, but union chiefs guardedly agreed to "respond" on wage restraints only if the upward sweep of prices is indeed checked...
Those priorities will be largely determined by the inroads made by other candidates. Senator Birch Bayh is counting on a good showing in Florida, where he has been laying groundwork for months, and in California. Coupled with a native-son sweep in Indiana, wins in Florida and California might get him a chance at the nomination. George McGovern, the only announced Democrat, must cut deeply into Muskie's New Hampshire vote if he is to stay alive as a candidate; after that, he hopes for a win in Wisconsin to go along with a home-state victory in South...