Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wonders if there is not an elemental force, just as clear and sure as the day Thomas Jefferson wrote about it in the Declaration of Independence, for the U.S. And one wonders further if in the end it won't come out, no matter what, won't sweep all the Mao restraints and sameness and repression in front...
...Edmund Muskie, the leader, the name of the game is momentum. He is doing his best to sweep the first four primaries in New Hampshire, Florida, Illinois and Wisconsin. He is most vulnerable in Florida; if he should stumble, he still stands a good chance to win in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Should he take the first four, or six out of the first seven, the Democratic race will probably be over. Hubert Humphrey hopes to spoil that strategy with his scenario: best Muskie in Florida even if George Wallace beats them both, stay a close second to Muskie...
Crimson captain Dave Fish is unranked, but he had little trouble advancing through three rounds. Fish topped Yale's Charlie Berry, 15-12, 15-12, 16-14, and Stony Brook's Eric Clark, 15-11, 15-8, 15-12, before capping the day with a three game sweep of Army's number one, Ray Federici. Fish must meet Navy's Gordon Perry, the number three seed, in the quarterfinals. He should win the match, and advance to play number two, Ty Griffin, in the semifinals...
...only strong performances came from seniors playing their final collegiate matches. Alan Quasha, five, brushed aside Bullpup Seth Walworth, 15-5, 15-10, 15-7, Lowell Pratt breezed through his final match with a three-game sweep at eight...
...easy 1-2 by Fred Mitchell and Rich Baughman in the 500 yd. free preceded a thrilling Harvard sweep in the 200 yd. breastroke. Dave Brumwell, after swimming two tough races, came on strong to win that race, while senior Pete Mikhalevsky, swimming his last home meet and fighting off sickness, snuck up in the outside lane to take the all-important second...