Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...incredible returns continued to pour in last week from the outer precincts of French power, the sweep of Charles de Gaulle's triumph increased. In Martinique in the Caribbean the ratio was 14-1 for De Gaulle. On the Pacific island of New Caledonia, 52-1. In the Sahara, 70-1. Of 18 overseas territories, only French Guinea voted no. French residents in the Soviet Union plumped for De Gaulle 74-43, and in the New York voting area, 2,343 to 152. France itself, in a record turnout, jammed the polling places to roll up a majority...
Peripatetic Bemocrat Adlai Stevenson, arriving in San Francisco to do some political hustling for fellow Bemocrats, did his spent best to hush up any 1960 talk about himself for, say, the presidency. After a girl handed him a broom "to sweep them all out in 1960." photographers gleefully demanded a flurry of retakes. Clutching the broom, an embarrassed Stevenson advanced grimly on a squad of girls bearing "Don't say no, Adlai" placards, mumbled helplessly: "I'm sorry to disappoint you-I'll try to find another candidate...
...fast-improving varsity cross-country team notched its second straight win yesterday by scoring a clean sweep of the first three places in a triangular meet with Boston University and Providence College. To clinch the victory, the Crimson harriers then placed seven of their runners within the top eleven finishers to register a winning team score of 21 points to 36 for Providence and a gigantic...
...that unexpectedly one-sided 22 to 37 triumph, the varsity combined real power-running with timely support from the reserves to sweep six of the first nine places from the Big Red. For the harriers, the victory unveiled a formidable scoring threat in the one-two combination of Captain Dyke Benjamin and sophomore standout Jed Fitzgerald. The two finished first and second respectively, about 10 seconds apart, with both almost equalling the course record...
...Gaullist sweep buried the opposition. De Gaulle won even in the virulently Red district of Communist Boss Maurice Thorez. In Louviers, whose mayor is bitterly anti-Gaullist Pierre Mendės-France, 69% of the ballots were marked...