Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used to be that presidential aspirants boasted of their log cabin roots and displayed their ability to drink hard cider. This year one candidate appeared wind-swept on the cover of a national magazine in order to fight charges by his opponents that he was, aghast, a wimp. Another candidate makes his decision to run after a public opinion poll reveals that he most looks like the commander-in-chief...
...years ago, Harvard women's basketball forward Sarah Duncan swept upon the Ivy League from Chicago with much the same intimidating force, helping the Crimson to an Ivy League championship in her freshman year...
...middle of January, the Crimson swept a home series against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. But playing these teams on the road is a different matter. Clarkson, in particular, is a much stronger team at home...
Despite being upset by Yale, Penn held on to third place, because Princeton was swept by Brown and Yale. Pete Carril's Tigers have lost each of their last three games-to Harvard, Yale, and Brown-by a single point...
...after the Iowa caucuses, an earthquake shook New Hampshire. It was a small tremor, just enough to give folks a jolt. On the same day, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas swept into the Granite State for a final round of campaigning before this week's primary. The often tightly coiled politician seemed a changed man: jaunty, self-possessed, rejuvenated. After winning the Iowa contest with 38% of the Republican vote, he suddenly had the aura of a champion. "We're winning!" he exulted as he greeted a supporter in Nashua. His rhetoric was sharper, his jokes funnier, his rapport with...