Word: swept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Communist group, the Khmer Rouge, in 1975 after a five-year civil war. Their leader, Pol Pot, turned the country into a charnel house by directing a murderous drive to eliminate his opponents. Some 2 million people were killed. Three years later Vietnamese forces, backed by the Soviet Union, swept through the country, setting up a puppet government that both the U.S. and the U.N. refuse to recognize. In addition to the Khmer Rouge, whose 35,000 guerrillas are supported by China, the armed opposition to the current regime includes two non-Communist groups: one led by Son Sann...
Just two years ago, by contrast, ABC's The Winds of War swept the nation with an average 38.6 rating over its seven nights. A month later, The Thorn Birds, also on ABC, surpassed that score with a whopping 41.9. Enticed by these colossal numbers, all three networks began developing mini-series at a rate unseen since the heady days following the ground-breaking 1977 telecast of Roots (at 45.0, still the all-time ratings champ). Such "long form" dramas, however, need out-of-the-ordinary ratings to justify their hefty production costs (a reported $32 million for Space...
...government's last-minute action on taxes eased the rising tension but left Guatemala's worst economic crisis in 50 years unresolved. As rumors of a coup swept the country, Guatemalans reacted in the customary fashion, stocking up on food, gasoline and other supplies...
These are not, however, the heavies that lost to Brown last weekend. Neither are these lights the same squad that swept Dartmouth, MIT and Coast Guard. The reason--different strokes...
While Harvard beat up on Greater Boston League and non-league opponents, Princeton swept two Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League doubleheaders. The Tigers (10-2) have a four-game lead over the 2-2 Crimson. Second-place Navy (9-3), has also set a torrid pace...