Word: clean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decision as to whether the long line of Yale victories is to be broken, into the second and third places. If Haggerty's figures hold good, a change of two points in the favor of Harvard will result in victory. On the other hand, a failure to make a clean sweep of the two mile, or to take third in the 220 or 440, will give the opponents a lead of even more than three points...
Increased lethal effect is obtained by softening the nose of the bullet to make it spread at impact. Steel jacketed bullets shoot straightest and farthest but bore clean holes instead of smashing a wide wound. Various powder loads have various killing power, but following is a rough table of the calibres and types of bullets generally recommended for various types of killing by rifle...
...individual star of the meet, taking first place in both the 440 and the 220. In the longer race Munroe held back and helped to pull his teammates. H. S. Freedman '31 and J. P. Gray '31 through in second and third places respectively. The Crimson also made a clean sweep in the furlong with A. L. Watkins '31 and W. C. Rowe '31 following their captain across the line in that order R. C. Aldrich '31, P. S. Dalton '31, and H. D. Everett '31, swelled the Crimson total by taking all three places in the mile...
...council could not lower themselves to submitting to the questions of a body of impartial citizens. Consulting the district attorney was also out of the question. Finally the fifteen members decided to examine themselves, one after another being judged by the other fourteen. Thus will the slate be wiped clean and the honor of the city be upheld...
...somes the teams each won two matches, but the Crimson made a clean sweep of the four-somes to take the victory. The closest match of the afternoon was taken by Breed of Boston University from Joseph Morrill '28 on the nineteenth green...