Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says, "that we are in the Common Market with the Germans, the French and the Italians, who know all about this equipment and don't feel too many moral qualms about using it." There are probably no more than 20 British companies, he laments, that even bother to "sweep" their board rooms for bugs that have been planted by their competitors. "Britain is virgin territory," he concludes, "and it had better wake up!" No doubt, it will...
...major interest was the battle between the year's two big hits, Cabaret and The Godfather. Cabaret nearly made a clean sweep of the awards, including best actress (Liza Minnelli), best supporting actor (Joel Grey) and best director (Bob Fosse). All told, Cabaret picked up eight Oscars and The Godfather countered with three, including best picture and best actor...
...been circulating about Noël's arrival in heaven. A vast assembly of angels and archangels are ranged in serried ranks to greet him. The pearly gates swing open and Noël steps forward; the heavens are hushed, waiting for his first words. His eyes sweep upward from stalls to gallery, pausing for a moment at the Royal Box. Then comes the clipped fastidious accent that has so often echoed from the world below...
...Crimson lacrosse team, coming off a sweep of last Saturday's round robin at Harvard, learned the Mid-Atlantic brand of lacrosse the hard way, running a gauntlet of Rutgers, Navy, Franklin & Marshall and Adelphi...
Crunch. The plane was to make a low sweep over the appointed area, then drop a sling for the Nationalist agent to jump into. But as soon as the aircraft made the pass, the Communists opened fire with machine guns, and the plane was forced down. The pilots were shot; Downey and Fecteau were captured. The date...