Word: swept
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they performed ancient and breathless feats of prowess in his honor, and they overwhelmed him with music and food and flowers. Their leaders uttered thousands of words of praise for him and his nation, told him their problems, led him to exotic rituals, to farms and fairs and shrines, swept him into ceremonials of such splendor as no Westerner before had ever experienced. It was a wonder that a man of 69, with his medical history, could withstand the exhausting torrents of pomp and tumult ("He's got the stamina of a Karachi camel," said one Pakistani...
Sixteen months ago, Charles de Gaulle swept grandly through France's black Africa empire-the biggest European holdings on the continent-offering self-government and membership in a new French Community. Only Sekou Toure's Guinea turned him down. De Gaulle was able to put together a Community of eleven autonomous African states, plus the island republic of Madagascar. What if they wanted independence? "You have only to ask for it," said De Gaulle...
Taken off guard by a strong M.I.T. contingent, the varsity fencers swept epee 8 to 1 and barely eked out a 15-12 overall victory Wednesday...
...five have been keeping in inshape between regular games by playing in the "A" division of the Boston Metropolitan Squash League. It has been over five years since the Crimson was able to finish on top in the Metropolitan competition, but this year it has already swept the first of two winter tournaments. If the Harvard players do not win the second, they will play the victors in a tie-breaker next March to determine the League champion...
Think at Home. Starting at Harvard, where psychologists tested them on their prejudices (and will test them when they return), Jaeger's 22 protégés have swept westward since September on one tourist flight after another. Each carries 44 lbs. of baggage, a dwindling $300 in pocket money. Behind them: Boston, New York, Washington, San Francisco, Honolulu, Tokyo. Ahead: Bangkok, Calcutta, New Delhi, Cairo (midyear exams), Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Florence, Geneva, Berlin, Paris, London (final exams). So far only one student has been lost; he missed the plane in Baltimore, caught up next...