Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...returned for Harvard's run at the Ivy title, keying such victories as the Crimson's first victory at Princeton in more than 25 years and its weekend sweep of Yale and Brown on the road...
...code name for the Colombia operation was Hat Trick. The plan was to deploy dozens of Coast Guard and Navy vessels across a wide sweep of the Caribbean to intercept the huge shipments of marijuana that are transported from Colombia to the U.S. at the conclusion of the pot harvest in November and December. The elaborate strategy called for Colombian soldiers to move against marijuana traffickers in the Guajira Peninsula, between the Gulf of Venezuela and the Caribbean. With Venezuelan and Panamanian soldiers guarding their respective borders, the smugglers would be forced to ship out the marijuana...
...invokes have hit home with voters, spelling major setbacks for advocates of gun control. If it was bleak for these activists after the 1980 conservative landslide, is it defeat after 1984's instant replay? Perhaps not, for two reasons. First, Reagan's short "coattails" did not produce a conservative sweep in the congressional races. Secondly, the repercussions of the victory have jolted handgun control activists into the daring shift toward local politics, a change that may save their cause. It is, however, not without its problems. At best, the Coalition's campaign for local legislation will mean fewer handgun-related...
...hears that Ronald Reagan's victory involved no ideology [ELECTION '84, Nov. 19]. Yet his ideas led to prosperity and peace, two solid reasons for his 49 states-to-1 sweep. The President made several pledges in 1980 that he fulfilled, except for the budget deficit. This is another reason for the landslide...
...seemed to realize that they had diminished the drama of their story. If the election was over, why should viewers continue to watch? The answer, in the parlance of the sports mentality that prevails in much of TV news: to see whether Reagan could win a record 50-state sweep or Mondale's "prevent defense," as Rather called it at one point, could hold him off. As it grew probable that Minnesota would spare Mondale that ignominy, the emphasis shifted to the size and, secondarily, the meaning of Reagan's "mandate" in the House and Senate. Then came...