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Even when Reagan swept the rest of Georgia in 1984, Macon went solidly for Walter Mondale. This Democratic solidarity is due partly to the high proportion of black voters: 40% within Macon's city limits. More important, Macon's Democratic leaders have helped forge a coalition of blacks and blue- collar whites who vote together against the local aristocrats who own the cotton and soybean farms and run the banks and brokerages...
Janfaza came in and swept the mess back intoits proper place for a 3-0 Harvard lead...
...swordswomen swept through the 10-team competition, winning 35 of its 36 matches. Perkin, Neuhardt and Papailias each finished with untarnished 9-0 records. Sophomore Michelle Kosch finished...
...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...