Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alarmed at last, police began a sweep of Communist areas, arrested more than1,000 suspects throughout the country. Last week, roundups reached the capital-and the top. In the early morning hours, police and MPs filtered along Jakarta's dusty, canal-lined streets, calling at the homes of Red-dominated Labor Ministry officials, leftist Chinese newspapermen, and 15 left-wing members of Parliament. Soldiers surrounded Parliament, waiting for a 16th legislator-who claimed immunity to arrest but was grabbed as he left the building at noon. Later, Dr. Sakirman, left-wing faction leader, called on President Soekarno to protest...
...19th, the Red Sox scored two runs. But the White Sox came storming back with three and won the game, 5-4. It had taken the teams a record 36 innings to settle two successive games.* After that glorious comeback, the limp Chicago fans expected their heroes to sweep the fourth game for an even break. The White Sox led, 2-1, going into the ninth, but lost, 3-2. The buster-upper: Clyde Vollmer. It was the sixth time in seven games that he had knocked in the winning...
mighty sperm whale That when boldly attacked in his lair With one sweep of his mighty and ponderous tail...
Prime Minister Clement Attlee seemed taken aback by Ike's eloquence, said lamely: ". . . Speech of wide sweep ... I am sure we will all want to study [it] very carefully . . ." Winston Churchill was nearly as fiery as Ike. But first, he said, the English-speaking nations must unite; the rest would follow. "And here we have Ike," cried Churchill enthusiastically banging the table, "here to stand up for the unity of Europe...
...show produced one clean hit: Ravel's La Valse, danced by members of the New York City Ballet. As the camera caught the sweep and color of the dancers, the background came alive with the gold and crystal of chandeliers, the black and blue checkerboard of floor, the blue and silver of walls...