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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well-fed after fattening up on two triumphs at Harvard's expense. On the sinister evenings of January 5 and 6 Princeton edged out the Harvard cagers, 71-70, with a convincing display of discipline and cautions basketball, and Penn completed what has come to be a "traditional" sweep of the weekend back-to-back encounters...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 3/2/1973 | See Source »

Sophomore Gordon Rutledge could have given Harvard a clean sweep in the sabre, but he lost one bout and could only come up with a 2-1 record for the match...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Top Crusaders, 19-8; Sabre, Epee Teams Lead Rout | 2/28/1973 | See Source »

...years to run, solemnly pledged to defend France's democratic institutions: "I am obliged to state that the Communist and Socialist proposals will completely overthrow those institutions." If such a possibility seemed remote to French voters, Gaullist Premier Pierre Messmer stressed the presumed economic consequences of a leftist sweep. He predicted a "chain reaction" of increased unemployment, a balance of payments deficit, loss of foreign markets and trouble for the franc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Between Us and Chaos | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

...questionable disqualification of Phil Jonkheer in the 200-yd. breaststroke gave Penn another win, and a Quaker sweep in the three-meter dive and the inconsequential first 400-yd. free relay completed the scoring...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Mermen Win, to Face Yale for Title | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

Harvard's Hess Yntema should remain undefeated in his specialty, the 200-yd. butterfly, but either Dave Brumwell or Yntema could be pressed by Atkinson in the 200-yd. individual medley. Brumwell, however, is a sure bet in his specialty, the 200-yd. breast where a Crimson sweep appears to be a strong possibility...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Crimson Swimmers Face Penn Today; Harvard Is Favored in League Battle | 2/24/1973 | See Source »

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