Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eligible coloreds and 20% of the eligible Indians bothered to vote. The trouble grew uglier two weeks ago, when South Africa's new constitution went into effect and Prime Minister P. (for Pieter) W. Botha, 68, was chosen as the country's powerful new Executive President. Rioting swept the black town ships in an area known as the Vaal triangle, to the south and east of Johannesburg, resulting in the deaths of at least 31 people. While the unrest was sparked by rent increases of 15% to 20% for government-owned housing, at the root of the rebellious...
...skepticism, sensing only an emotional exaggeration of the sentiment that has enveloped the city. But you must be here to appreciate the thunder, and you must understand the city of Detroit to understand why we have been captivated and why I, like the rest of the city, have been swept away...
...carrying all ten provinces, Mulroney demonstrated his stature as a truly national leader. Not since Party Leader John Diefenbaker swept the Tories into power in 1958 has one party been so strong across the country. Since then the Liberals have tended to prevail in the East, while the Progressive Conservatives dominated the West. Ontario, the country's most populous province, has alternated between the two parties. This time Mulroney picked up 67 out of 95 seats in Ontario and captured the Liberal stronghold of Quebec, winning 58 out of 75 seats (see box). To underscore his empathy...
During World War II, the Germans built an experimental Junkers JU-287 jet bomber with wings that raked sharply forward. The plane flew well in tests. But once the sound barrier was broken in 1947, the design presented a problem: forward-swept wings tore away from the fuselage at supersonic speeds, and strengthening the wings with steel or aluminum made the craft unacceptably heavy. Now, newly developed graphite-epoxy composites can produce a wing stronger than steel and up to 45% lighter. These materials form the skin of the X-29A's wings...
...capital. Though still recuperating from a recent heart bypass operation, Rama Rao had made the two-hour flight from his home state of Andhra Pradesh to protest his sudden ouster a few days earlier as chief minister, the state's top elected official. Rama Rao had been swept into that office only last year, when his Telugu Desam party won control of the state assembly by taking 199 of its 295 seats. But if a chief minister no longer commands a majority, he can be dismissed by the governor of the state. Andhra Pradesh's governor...