Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time a third of Connecticut's votes were in, Ike had jumped into a lead of 240,000 to 217,000; at the two-thirds mark Ike was piling up a 57% majority (v. Tom Dewey's bare 50% in 1948). From there on, the Republican Connecticut sweep was swift and devastating. At 9:30, Democratic Senator Bill Benton conceded the victory of Republican William Purtell and gloomily predicted a nationwide victory for Ike. Minutes later. Democrat A. A. Ribicoff conceded to Republican Prescott Bush in Connecticut's other Senate race...
...this point a cloud appeared on the Republican horizon. Philadelphia was giving Stevenson a surprising majority; with more than half the election districts recorded, Stevenson led by 86,000. Analysts had thought Ike might lose Pennsylvania if the Democratic majority in Philadelphia exceeded 100,000. The Philadelphia sweep raised the possibility that 1948 would repeat itself and the early G.O.P. lead in the nation might melt away...
...with their varying requirements and standards present a bewildering tangle to the Harvard student. With no official clearing house of information to consult, pre-meds get their "facts" about medical schools like little boys learning the facts of life--from half-informed contemporaries and semi-reputable booklets. Wild rumors sweep through the ranks of pre-meds, leaving pale faces and young neuroses in their wake...
...Buffalo, after noting that his audiences had included a group of housewives brandishing brooms, Ike pleaded especially for the women's vote to sweep away "bad government": "I know what can be done with a good broom in the hands of a morally indignant woman...
...doubtful Republican chance of having an absolute majority in the Senate next year springs out of the Republican sweep of 1946. Nearly all of the seats that are up in the election this year were last filled in 1946. To get enough to win a majority the Republicans would have to win seats that they lost in 1946-and 1946 was the best Republican year since...