Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan swept...
Sophomore Tiina Bougas lost only seven games throughout the day, breezing by the opposition on the way to a successful defense of her singles crown. Meanwhile, the Crimson doubles pair of Meg Mayer and Debbie Kalish, seeded second behind a tandem from Boston University, swept through its first two matches to set up an all Harvard final with the other Crimson entry. Erica Schulman and Maria...
Vast sections of Carter's Administration are sleepwalking, drifting through time until the decision. Hundreds of people right up to Cabinet level are expecting to be swept out of power no matter what the outcome. Even Carter Campaign Manager Robert Strauss jokes (sort of) that come Nov. 4, his influence will be nil with or without victory. What also is quietly acknowledged is that Carter's Government is in terrible disarray in important areas...
...skies, just as the Iranian navy appeared to be master of the Strait of Hormuz, and the gulf as well. Iranian Phantoms, flying in formations of two or three, darted through the air with near impunity. Early in the week, two of the U.S.-built fighter-bombers swept undetected over the heart of Baghdad in broad daylight and bombed Iraq's controversial French-built nuclear research center. The bombs missed the $275 million reactor itself, but according to foreign eyewitnesses, they destroyed a number of auxiliary facilities at the center and inflicted large numbers of casualties...
...only thing that stood between the Astros and their first division title in the team's 18 years was Los Angeles. The Dodgers had won the pennant two of the previous three years. This time, though they were devastated by injuries, they swept the climactic three-game series with Houston to end the season with both teams in a dead tie for first, forcing a one-game playoff...