Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Malenkov recalled that World War I had brought the Bolshevik revolution, World War II the Soviet sweep-up of Central Europe and China. After such massive gains did the Politburo fear another war? "A third world war . . ." said Malenkov, "will be the grave . . . for the whole of world capitalism...
...standing on the verge of a great national revival," says Evangelist Billy Graham, "an oldfashioned, heaven-sent, Holy Ghost revival that will sweep the nation ... In the words of Joel: 'Put in the sickle while the harvest is ripe...
...first-period penalty shot cancelled out varsity hopes for an end-season sweep of its soccer games when Brown boat Harvard, 1 to 0, at Providence yesterday...
Administration members jumped on the Democratic sweep in the Empire State to point up their claims of bigger and better things for the Fair Deal. They pointed to victories in traditionally Republican cities like Syracuse and Port Jervis, and to the fact that four Democrats gained city council seats in Philadelphia, of all places. They chuckled over Fulton Lewis' confident pre-election remark that Harry Truman couldn't call Lehman's victory a mandate unless he got a 100,000 majority...
...York voters elected Herbert H. Lehman Senator yesterday in a Democratic sweep of the state. John Foster Dulles, Lehman's opponent, conceded the election at 10:44 p.m. last night...