Word: swept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sufficient cause for Royal qualms was the Newfoundland Parliamentary Election of last week. Swept out of power was Conservative Prime Minister Frederick Alderdice; and swept in was Liberal Sir Richard Anderson Squires. The "Liberality" of Sir Richard is such that his principal henchman, Sir William Ford Coaker, has said...
...reason yet intelligible, a bargain was effected whereby . . . France was given a military dictatorship of Europe and military disarmament was swept away at one stroke...
Utilizing almost the entire squad, the 1932 eleven swept a defenseless St. Anselm's Preparatory School team before them to roll up a 40 to 0 score. The wealth of material to be found on the Freshman squad is clearly indicated by the fact that no let up in speed or efficiency occurred while the lineup changed from first to fourth string players, and the schoolboys appeared equally weak before every combination...
Maintaining his lead established during the first day of the CRIMSON's presidential poll, Herbert Hoover swept to victory over Alfred E. Smith yesterday, as a result of strong backing in the College and Business School. Of a total of 4080 votes cast, Hoover polled 2080 while Smith received 1775. In the Law School Smith polled his only victory, receiving 54 percent of its total vote...
...Earl of Oxford and Asquith has left David Lloyd George supreme within the Liberal Party, so that even those who dislike his theatric methods hail him as the "Man of Victory." Lastly, the kinetic personality of Orator Lloyd George nearly always sweeps his auditors off their feet. Indeed he swept all Britain and won the election of 1918 with that preposterous slogan: "Hang the Kaiser...