Word: sweep
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Baffling Travelers. A chronicle in which explorer after explorer vanishes into the jungle necessarily lacks the grand narrative sweep of Alan Moorehead's The White Nile and The Blue Nile. But Sanche de Gramont, an able journalist and popular historian (The French: Portrait of a People), has written a book, covering roughly the years 1790 to the present, with its own ironic fascination. At the outset, as was true of the Nile, no European knew the source of the Niger (in the mountains about 200 miles east of Sierra Leone). Its destination was also unknown. There were even disputes...
Most of the actresses are still downstairs, picking up crepe paper streamers, popping balloons, packing away costumes, and removing make-up. It takes them twice as long to change as it did during the run. No audience is waiting anymore. They are out in time to help sweep up the popped balloons and squashed fruit. By 11:50, American in Purgatory is packed away. Before the cast has even left Agassiz, the Godspell crew begins to screw in lights...
...service tows most of the cars during the day in response to specific complaints. But many cars are taken during the early morning when service employees sweep specific streets under police supervision...
Ford's triumph culminates a monthlong downhill slide in Reagan's ratings among Florida Republicans. A month ago, Reagan's campaign manager in Florida, L.E. Thomas, predicted that the former California governor would sweep the state with over two thirds of the vote. Two weeks ago, Thomas revised that estimate to a 55-per-cent victory; and yesterday, Ford's campaign managers forecasted a "more than 55-per-cent majority" for Ford...
Chuck Hector from Princeton completed his sweep of the breaststroke events as he won the 200 breast in an amazing time of 2:05, less than two seconds away from the best time swum by an American collegian this year...