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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though I have several reservations about some major characters, the acting is consistently good. Of the toplined trio, Marianna Houston's Natasha is the most achieved; she has the best-written part, and takes advantage of it with the confident sweep of her broadest gestures and the intent restraint of her quiet moments. Christopher Joseph's Rogozhin is often caught between a swagger and a simper, and his rasping voice occasionally cracks, but his part is that of a hard on personified to both sexes, and I can't imagine how else he'd be able to play...

Author: By Michael Sragew, | Title: Idiots | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

...Crimson made a clean sweep, and at the awards banquet embarassed Barnaby asked for a wheelbarrow to cast off the heap of Harvard silverware...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ride Looks Rougher for Racquetmen; Crimson Aims to Keep Dynasty Alive | 11/30/1972 | See Source »

...They really control the ball on you Restic said yesterday. "They'll take it to you on the outside power sweep better than anyone we'll face. Your linebackers have to run out to cover the outside and then Yale counters off the sweep or gives you the triple option. We've got to gamble to stop them...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Harvard Takes On Bulldogs in Finale; Seniors Seek Fourth Triumph Over Yale | 11/25/1972 | See Source »

Winthrop took the opening kickoff--are on sides kick--on the 50-yard line, and matched to a touchdown in ten plays. Ron Dreckmann carried over for the score on a power sweep to the left side, and Winthrop concerted for two points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Defeat Yale Colleges | 11/25/1972 | See Source »

...Winthrop took the opening kickoff--an on-sides kick--on the 50 yard line, and marched to a touchdown in ten plays. Ron Dieckmann carried over for the score on a power sweep to the left side and Winthrop converted for two points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy, Eliot House Beat Yale Colleges | 11/22/1972 | See Source »

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