Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lenin Shipyard in the Baltic port city of Gdansk became a symbol of the spirit of Solidarity, the newly formed independent trade union movement. It was here that Lech Walesa, the movement's leader, first made his demands for economic and social reform. Months later, when Solidarity swept the country, a monument was erected at the gate to commemorate both the birth of the union in 1980 and the 45 Poles killed in the food riots of 1970. Last week, shortly after the army and police had broken a strike by shipworkers protesting martial law and the arrest of hundreds...
These financial marriages were only a small part of the record-breaking flurry of matchmaking that swept through U.S. business this year. American companies spent an estimated $80 billion to acquire some 2,200 other firms. The mergers linked familiar names in virtually every industry: Nabisco and Standard Brands MGM and United Artists, Allied Store and Garfinckel, Brooks Brothers...
Running from the front was something Harvard did all day. The Crimson clinched the meet after just eight of the 13 events had been completed. Harvard swept all but four events and won everything but the high jump...
...biggest show of force against strikers since Poland's free trade-union movement Solidarity was formed 15 months ago. It was also a sign that the Polish Politburo, while as cautious as ever in handling the student rebellion and the wave of wildcat strikes that has swept the country in the past two months, could be pushed only so far. The cadets received such firm treatment because firemen in Poland are subject to military discipline and, like police forces, are under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
...Most of the matches were a breeze," captain Courtney Stimpson said afterwards, "but then we weren't expecting the match to be too difficult," she added. Stimpson, the only senior on the varsity, swept her opponent in three games...