Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tried to impose their order on West Beirut in the past six years. They were not Israeli, Syrian or Palestinian. Instead, they were from the 22,000-strong Lebanese army, which since the 1975-76 civil war has rarely dared appear in West Beirut. Last week's security sweep was the most visible indication yet that the government of newly elected President Amin Gemayel is intent upon asserting its authority over the capital...
...massacre was not the Prime Minister, although he received his share of censure, but Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, 54, who had directed his country's forces as they cooperated in the attack on the refugee camps. A former combat general, the tough and aggressive Sharon had long wanted to sweep every vestige of the P.L.O. out of Lebanon. He was the driving force in Menachem Begin's Cabinet behind the invasion of Lebanon, often acting on his own without the approval of his colleagues. Last week, angrily defending his record, the massive figure of Sharon was at the very center...
...director, is pondering his future after seven years with three different Presidents. He planned to stay with Reagan for six months, and still is there. Why? "Because," he said, "there is, after many bad years, a chance to make the presidency work again." There is, too, the grandeur and sweep of the office. "It came home to me," recalled Gergen, "on the day we had breakfast at the Versailles economic summit, met with the Pope in Rome at noon and had dinner with the Queen at Windsor...
...plane carrying three men disappeared over the wilds of northeastern British Columbia last month, Canadian officials despaired of rescuing them. The area is so rugged that, short of heavenly help, finding them quickly seemed impossible. Yet through a miracle of the space age, the help came. On its regular sweep over western Canada, a Soviet satellite, equipped with special electronic "ears" to hear the beeps of small planes or ships in distress, picked up the downed aircraft's automatic emergency beacon and relayed the signals to an antenna outside Ottawa. There a computer quickly used them to obtain...
Senior Eric Schuler took first overall cruising across the line in 25:28. Freshman standout Paul Gompers and sophomore Peter Jelley came in a stride or two later to nab second and third. Only Bruin Tom Jirelle blocked a Crimson sweep of the first five places, taking fourth...