Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long sweep of U.S. history, it is dissent-from the Whiskey Rebellion and the Civil War to the women's suffrage movement-and not conformity that has characterized most decades. The Depression, World War II and the cold war were all shattering crises that temporarily created a spirit of national consensus and obscured the tensions within the society. "Now," says Sociologist Daniel Bell, "the historic tendency of the culture is reasserting itself." Adds Susan Sontag, the radical critic and novelist: "It is a kind of false nostalgia to look upon consensus as being normative." For much of the next...
...ironic amusement, though occasionally her inability to suffer fools gladly brings out the sharp flick of her tongue. Rebecca Thompson's Hedda is an intellectual romantic. Part of her seeks out the austere companionship of fine minds; another part of her yearns for a man on horseback to sweep her off her high horse. Hedda can be revolted by things womanly, such as her own pregnancy, and yet crave a man "with vine leaves in his hair" who will release her from her inner reserve, from her lingering fastidiousness about what society will think...
Dave Scanlon (190) and Jim Abbott (unlimlted) persevered to sweep the last two bouts of the match. Scanlon outfinessed the Redmen's Tom Andrewes for two and a half periods, building up a 7-0 lead, then Audrewes injured his right knee and had to forfeit...
John Ince provided the Crimson's sixth three-game sweep. After being pushed into extra points in an opening 17-15 victory, Ince added 15-11 and 15-9 conquests of Cadet Jack Stevenson...
Krause and Greg Huff then stroked to an easy sweep in the 200-free to put Harvard on top, 15-1. Krause finished...