Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took the Quakers only two plays to capitalize on the gift. Glover swept left for 10 yards for the score, and a 24-7 lead...
...last summer, however, Barnett's forecast was borne out by a "monstrous" 7 degreesF plunge in ocean surface temperatures off * equatorial South America. The drop heralded the arrival of a mysterious weather pattern called La Nina, which brings unusually cold temperatures to the eastern Pacific. La Nina has since swept to the center of the climatic stage recently vacated by its better known heat-producing sibling El Nino...
...Crimson swept the doubles and the singles for a surprising 9-0 win. All three of the doubles matches went three sets, but the Big Green managed to win only 19 games in six singles matches...
Absent seven players from last year's squad--including five starters--Centenary is trying its best to keep up the winning tradition. After a 2-4 start (including losses to then-fourth-ranked SMU and NAIA leader Midwestern St.) the Gentlemen have swept their last seven contests...
...diminutive, long-reigning Hirohito struggled valiantly behind the high walls of the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, an emotional, almost atavistic nationalism swept the country. Nearly 4 million people signed their names in get-well registers. Although 60% of Japan's 123 million citizens were born after the 1947 constitution stripped the monarchy of divinity, the national vigil demonstrated that the monarchy still meant something more than the chrysanthemum crest on a ceremonial curtain. "The Emperor is the center of Japan's national psyche," said Seisuke Okuno, a 75-year-old Liberal Democratic member of parliament. That sentiment...