Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...marked the Mountain West's growing importance by reopening its Denver news bureau after a 13-year hiatus, and by installing Woodbury as chief. He barely had a chance to unpack his skis before this week's story propelled him on a two-week, 2,500-mile sweep across seven states from the Canadian border to New Mexico. "I had been warned that the region would be unrecognizable to me," he says. "Things like the brown pollution cloud over Denver's sky line, the mind-boggling traffic in Jackson Woodbury with oil Hole, the rising crime rates...
...worst of the brushfires was "Panorama," and it certainly lived up to its' name. In its panoramic sweep the fire burned out 23,000 acres in San Bernardino County, the area hardest hit by the flames. Started by arson, the fire storm burned down the hillsides into the San Bernardino suburbs, then back up through Waterman Canyon. In affluent North Park, a roaring wall of flame incinerated whole blocks of expensive houses, leaving nothing but ashen rectangles and soot-covered swimming pools. Four died: an elderly couple who perished as they tried to save a pet, and two other...
...made even more progress in his pursuit of the title of team Renaissance man. In addition to his long jump triumph, he led a Crimson sweep in the high jump with a six-and-a-half foot jump and for good measure ran the anchor leg of the JV one-mile relay...
...resulted from this unhappy episode" and "continues firmly to support" affirmative action as "inadequate", according to Jane Bock. Jackson, too, is dissatisfied with Bock's response: "No matter how sorry he is, the damage is done, and the lives of minorities have been dramatically affected. He (Bok) can't sweep it under...
...freshman Desaulniers, who comes to the Crimson courts via Montreal, whipped his cadet opponent in a manner reminiscent of the solid wins his elder brother racked up over a four-year undefeated career, and allowed just 20 points in a three-game sweep...