Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strained balance of payments with $444 million in foreign-earned revenue. The company now manufactures 250 different pieces of heavy-duty equipment, from pipelayers (cost: $96,000) capable of lifting 100 tons to giant scrapers (cost: $148,000) that can gulp 54 cubic yards of earth in a single sweep...
...cases considered by the court produced only two decisions with any new national sweep: a ruling that juvenile courts must now give accused minors many of the rights that adults have, and last week's eavesdropping decision. Otherwise, criminal defendants made only modest gains. So did prosecutors and police, as the court eased certain standards for evidence admissible in trials, and upheld the right of police to arrest and search suspects on the basis of a reliable tip without revealing the informer's name...
...into the mid-Atlantic, 2,000 miles east of Florida. Its impact - the equivalent of a 500,000-megaton bomb blast - will splash out some 1,000 cubic miles of sea water and form a crater 15 miles across in the ocean floor. Tidal waves 100 ft. high will sweep across coastal cities on both sides of the ocean, and earthquakes 100 times worse than any ever recorded will be felt all over the world. Clearly, Icarus must be stopped. No expense will be spared, and the only limitation is time. The program must use existent space technology and hardware...
...trio of Elis may add another few first places to the Harvard-Yale side. Captain Bob Greenlee, an All-East defensive tackle during the off-season, is the IC4A shot put champion (at 55 ft.). Hill, most likely, will sweep the broad jump (25 ft.) and triple jump 55 ft.). Young, the IC4A 440-yard dash champion, should win both...
...sweep down, finally, and, like everything else for the Class of '42, it came too soon. A number of class members didn't even wait for June; they were awarded special degrees in January and enlisted...