Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recent Republican sweep was not, as you have analyzed, a miracle brought about by sincere, brilliant and persistent Republican leaders. It was a rebellion of the people against a policy of too much aggression outside our borders and too much socialism within them...
...Belated Sweep. Temperatures climbed -Manhattan experienced a record 64° -as the bowl of stagnant air roofed the region. A scattering of New York hospitals reported an increase in lung-ailment complaints. Finally, with weather forecasts indicating no relief, officials called a first-stage smog alert* in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut...
...motorists from flocking to the city for the traditional post-Thanksgiving buying splurge. The break finally came, not because of the alert measures, but from evening showers that washed the dirty air. By week's end the inversion layer was breaking up as the westerly wind returned to sweep clean the skies...
...four individual freestyle events were won by Harvard. Bill Shrout took the 60 yard and 100 yard events, and Pete Adams completed the sweep with victories in the 200 yard and 500 yard races...
...diving event also ended in a Harvard sweep. Sophomore Bill Murphy took first, with Pete Alter close behind in second...