Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberal bitterness. "Reaganomics doesn't work," he proclaims like the rest of the pundits, wondrous at the country's "gullibility." But the point is that we have bought Reaganomics. And we can't put the blame solely on the hard right, no matter what the eggheads think. Reagan swept 44 states in 1980, a fact that mystifies Dallek. "Despite the fact that effective presidents have been more the exception than the rule in our history," he states, "it is difficult to believe that a nation of 226 million people cannot find a more rational, thoughtful and energetic leader with greater...
...Studds swept every single town and city in the district in the past two elections, according to Kendall, and he feels an anti-Republican sentiment in the area will work in Studd's favor...
...archivists work back over the compaign, inch by inch, day by day, trying to find the decisive moment. Was it Super Tuesday, March 13, when Mondale swept most of the primaries and caucuses? Was it Feb. 28 in New Hampshire or Feb. 20 in Iowa, when Mondale gave his first public displays of clout? Hold on, the researchers say, look back further. In January 1983, Iowa's popular Democratic Congressman, Tom Harkin, endorsed Mondale, sending a strong signal to the party faithful. But wait. The logbook shows that Mondale journeyed to Iowa in February 1982 in tow of Congressman...
Said Spokesman Patrick Hayes: "EDB does not represent a health hazard. There is certainly no emergency in the foods currently in distribution." Procter & Gamble has removed mixes containing more than 150 p.p.b. from all its warehouses, and swept those same products off grocery-store shelves in all 50 states...
They assured themselves of an undefeated record, trouncing the Elis, 9-0. All the members of the team played, and Harvard swept all of the matches...