Word: swept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...November 1973 had so many Greek university students rallied in protest. At that time, the celebrated siege of Athens' Polytechnic University had provoked a violent clash with the army that helped topple the country's military junta. Now the marchers, 15,000 strong from all political factions, swept through the streets of Athens with a more peaceful aim: to protest a grapeshot series of educational reforms known as Law 815. Trying to play it safe, the conservative government of Premier Constantine Caramanlis had closed the country's seven universities (total enrollment: 100,000). But as it turned...
When twelve Vietnamese divisions swept into Cambodia last December, Hanoi billed the blitzkrieg invasion as a "liberation." Having overthrown the genocidal regime of Pol Pot and installed their own puppet government, headed by Heng Samrin, the Vietnamese might then have been expected to withdraw, if only to defend their own northern border against China. Instead, it has become increasingly clear that what Viet Nam actually has in mind is the colonization of the country the Cambodians now call Kampuchea...
DIED. Jon Hall, 66, he-man actor who "was swept to stardom in The Hurricane, a 1937 spectacular that also helped launch Dorothy Lamour; of gunshot wounds that apparently were self-inflicted; in Sher man Oaks, Calif. A champion swimmer who grew up in Tahiti, Hall was best known for portraying loincloth-clad is landers and bare-chested sheiks (Arabian Nights...
Providing further evidence of Harvard's depth, the J.V. racqueteers swept their Brown opponents...
...just as they did in last week's romp over Brown, the thinclads showcased their depth. Sixteen runners scored points as the Crimson copped two places in every running event except the 880 and swept the relays, proving that even without Murphy--who suffered from a sore throat and Udo, injured foot--the team can come through with enough points to hang tough in just about any meet...