Word: sweeps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...already caused 13 townships around Penobscot Bay to oppose the project-is the danger to the local fishing and tourist industries. Scientists testified that oil was "an environmental poison" with long aftereffects. Ossie Beal, president of the Maine Lobstermen's Association, contends that tankers and barges would sweep away most of the 186,000 lobster pots in the bay. "If there was an oil spill," he says, "well, we'd be out of business down here...
...Crimson compiled an 8-2 record last week, developing a strong defensive team and a deep pitching rotation. The highlight of the trip was a sweep of a three-game series with Fairfield, a team which advanced to the NCAA playoffs last year and is returning its entire starting line...
Placating the Whites. The people of Chicago have never heard his honor treated so roughly. "Daley the builder?" queries Friedman. "No, Daley the destroyer. Daley the manager? No, Daley the bungler." From storefront to street corner, he declares in his low-key voice: "We're going to sweep that aging, corrupt, manipulating politician out of city hall...
...ubiquitous KGB could undoubtedly arrest all the key members of the protest movement in one sweep. Why don't they? One explanation may be that the regime does not wish to offend the scientific community, whose members ensure a flow of sophisticated weapons. Another explanation may be that the leaders have learned that large and powerful nations can tolerate a certain amount of internal dissent without coming apart at the seams...
...early 1967, Andreas had emerged as the most forceful, dynamic figure in a political party which seemed destined to sweep the upcoming national elections-the Center Union Party headed by his father, George Papandreou. The elder Papandreou had been removed as Prime Minister in July 1965 by King Constantine-who fabricated a "constitutional crisis" especially for the occasion-and the country had since been ruled by a series of puppet "caretaker" governments. But when constitutional law impelled Constantine to grant an election for May 1967, the showdown between left and right became only a matter of time...