Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Especially encouraging was the bang-up game played throughout by the un- tried Harvard forward wall. Aided by their consistent tactics the backs were able to sweep the ball down into scoring position several times, but unsuccessful tries for field goals made their attempts useless. The good work of the line was also evident on the defensive, for the red and gray attack was well under control throughout the game, and the schoolboys' scoring chances were pretty slim...
Featured in the picture is the new dance which according to reports is scheduled to sweep America, following in the steps of its illustrious sire, the Carloca. "The Continental" as it is danced by Mr. Astaire and Miss Rogers will probably not be seen on many dance floors, but the phrase "we kiss while we're dancing" should win many followers. Without the straining of muscles and gritting of teeth that is usually a characteristic of tap-dancers, Mr. Astaire whirls about the floor with apparently effortless grace. He also exhibits a surprisingly pleasing singing voice, which many people usually...
General Motors' Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. and many another industrialist is convinced that in the long sweep of industrial civilization the course is still upward and will be milestoned by more products of applied science than have ever yet appeared. The news last week, for the first time in years, was dotted with many a milestone of engineering achievement, big and little...
...angry or august, cried that the situation was unparalleled, demanding unparalleled action. But Herbert Hoover clung to the philosophy of the good neighbor, continued to translate it into official do-nothingness. It was for this, in no small measure, that millions of citizens rose up in November 1932 to sweep him from office...
...sweep away the anarchy and "spiritlessness" of Chinese who "lack proper guidance for taking and giving," the Outline proposes ''a wild storm"; to give China the new "right spirit," it proposes "a gentle breeze...