Word: wipe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...loss of a Senator from Colorado, and the quite possible loss of one from Minnesota, seriously endangers if it does not wipe out the Republican majority in the Senate next December. To be sure, conceding the loss of both seats, the Republicans will still have a paper majority of six. But a paper majority is not a voting majority, when it includes La Follette, Brookhart, Norris, Frazer, Norbeck...
Chemists who examined rice left in the pot said enough poison had been used to wipe out the entire community...
...Lewisite' that was really responsible for the Armistice", said Captain Phillips. The Germans were told that airplanes with ton containers would fly over their cities and wipe out every living thing within the time of a few seconds...
Thus Lee Clavering, brilliant young columnist, finds himself in the irritating predicament of being devoted to a woman with a lurid past and over half a century of it. They decide to wipe out the past conclusively, and Mary Zattiany feels herself on the brink of recommencing life, experiencing the unaccustomed emotions of young love. But the past will not be killed, and at last Mary realizes that the time for love has gone and that her work in the world is to use in the political salons of Europe the weapon of her old mind sheathed in a young...
...University sextet, handicapped by injuries received in the gruelling contest with Dartmouth on Wednesday, will meet a powerful Tiger combination in an attempt to wipe out the 3-1 defeat in the first game of the series. Guild, who has been alternating with Beals at center, will probably be out for the season due to a torn leg ligament, while Beals and Crosby, both of whom received injuries on Wednesday, will be hampered this evening. Beals did not practice last night but will probably play part of the game. Crosby, however, went through the work-out and will start...