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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...EIBL race, which it must win in order to qualify for the NCAA Division I title and a trip to the College World Series at Omaha. With a 7-3 record, the Crimson has run out of options, and in order to catch Dartmouth it needs a weekend sweep against Brown and Yale...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Batmen Need Four Straight to Take EIBL | 5/12/1972 | See Source »

Earlier in the season Brown was considered one of the favorites in the league, but with a 4-5 record it will need a three game sweep against the two toughest teams in the league to climb into the first division. "This is a young team." coach George Woodworth said. "And while we're well-disciplined. we just haven't been getting the big hit when we have needed...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Batmen Need Four Straight to Take EIBL | 5/12/1972 | See Source »

...outcome of the GBL race will not affect Harvard's chances for a trip to Omaha. In order to qualify, the Crimson must win the Eastern League. Dartmouth has a game advantage in the loss column, and can clinch the championship this weekend with a sweep over Yale and Brown. In order to keep its hopes alive. Harvard must beat Brown on Friday and then take a doubleheader from Yale on Saturday. If Dartmouth should lose a game, the championship will be decided in a make-up game between Harvard and Princeton, which will probably be played on Sunday...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Diamondmen Beat Soggy Crusaders | 5/9/1972 | See Source »

Then, the unbeaten Harvard JV led Navy all the way down the 2,000-meter course to take a length victory, and a sweep was a distinct possibility. But Penn jumped the Harvard varsity at the start, leading by a half-length for a time. Then, at the midway point, the Crimson, stroked by Gene LaBarre, caught the Quakers and had begun to pass when the Penn shell filled with water...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Heavies Sink Penn in 'Titanic' Race | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

...dumplings in the sky. In his general plea for decentralization - down with the bu reaucrats, up with neighborhood government - Novak seems on sounder ground, though he fails to prove that ethnic self-consciousness is the key. What validates the book is Novak's very recklessness - his willingness to sweep beyond defendable limits. This is the price he knowingly pays for a modest act of hope at a time when most intellectuals are playing it safe with predictions of Apocalypse. "There is a great deal yet to be discovered about America," Novak concludes. He has, in fact, attacked the American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Dreams for Old | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

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