Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turning point of the meet came in the three-meter diving, where Harvard's Jennifer Goldberg bounced back from a surprising B.U. victory in the one-meter event to take top honors. Teammates Sharon Daly and Missy Karas completed the sweep of the first three places...
...unexpectedly large 2-to-1 sweep in a heavy turnout, unionized coal miners elected Richard L. (Rich) Trumka, 33, a lawyer and third-generation miner, to head the 220,000-member U.M.W. (peak membership in 1942: 595,000). That will make Trumka the youngest leader of a major labor union in the U.S. when he takes office next month. He defeated Incumbent Sam M. Church Jr., 46, who was appointed to the job in 1979, when Arnold Miller resigned because of his health...
...ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN and the Republican sweep of 1980 apparently boosted Sen Jesse Helms (R-N-C.) to an unusual position of power on Capitol Hill. An uncompromising far-right polemicist, Helms was given an unanticipated opportunity to peddle his extreme views on abortion, school prayer, and busing. His tirades against anyone left of the conservative hard line, along with his habit of harassing the White House over any displays of moderation, have earned the senior senator from North Carolina a reputation for fearless advocacy--dangerous to anyone who crosses his path...
...Brown, despite reminders from Democrat Tom Bradley that he, Bradley, was the opponent. Brown, in turn, aimed most of his attacks at Reagan, except one tactical nuclear assault on Republican Opponent Pete Wilson, who he implied was in favor of the nuclear-arms race. It ended up a G.O.P. sweep...
...years ago, the National Conservative Political Action Committee was the scourge of the left, spending at least $1.2 million to help sweep away such liberal luminaries as Senators Frank Church, Birch Bayh, John Culver and George McGovern. Scenting total victory, NCPAC Chairman Terry Dolan immediately announced a 1982 hit list of 20 Senators, including such improbable targets as Pat Moynihan of New York and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. Political realities eventually shrank the list to five, but NCPAC still raised $10 million and spent $4.5 million in the 1982 elections. Yet last week, for all its thunder, the New Right...