Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quick to show his impatience with poor performance. Wary colleagues sensed long ago not to swear in his presence. He neither smokes nor drinks-no coffee either. His unbending sense of propriety is so well known that, although Watt claims he never uttered a word about it, rumors swept the Interior building that women workers should wear skirts, not slacks...
...liked to tell a story about a late night conversation with them: "Wooler undervests visible beneath their nightwear, [they were] reading Italian illustrateds." Callas decided to become Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday was a favorite film) and lost 62 Ibs. in two years. In 1956 Callas met Elsa Maxwell, who swept her into European café society and the next year introduced her to Aristotle Onassis...
...essential" social sciences in a move many educators have labeled purely political and restrictive of academic freedom. By reducing support for research in areas such as abortion and family mental health, educators say, Reagan hopes to see programs he considers taboo or not justifying government involvement swept into a corner and forgotten...
...superb teamwork that is the hallmark of the Crimson emerged in the third and final game as they easily dispatched the Minutemen and swept the three-game contest...
...other singles matches, Warren Grossman swept Chris Higgins 6-1, 6-0 and Alex Seaver hit passing shots down the line to frustrate Richmond's Steve Parsons...