Word: sweep
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...particularly satisfying weekend for the Crimson. With five events remaining in the meet they faced the distinct possibility of a loss to the Big Red. In fact, Harvard needed a sweep of the last three individual swimming events to avert a rather unexpected defeat. But improbable as that seemed the team pulled three straight sweeps to clinch the meet before the final relay...
Nixon will be greeted by Mao in Peking, and at the end of the trip may see him again in Hangchow, the Chairman's usual retreat from the icy Mongolian winds that sweep down on the capital in February. But the man who will deal with the President on the issues is Chou, a brilliant, subtle, ruthless and endlessly flexible statesman who is at the apex of his extraordinary career...
Luckily however, Nicholas and Alexandra has more going for it than just a generous budget. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, a man who is usually in solid control of his cameras and last year guided Patton to a virtual sweep of the Academy Awards (Hollywood likes to reward success). It also concerns a subject and a period that fascinates Americans: the Russian Revolution. Almost everyone west of Berlin shares various illusions about the nature of the Russian people, if only because Russia has always deliberately shielded itself from foreign scrutiny. The average American is eager to view...
Harvard's varsity racquetmen completed the first half of their squash season yesterday with a 9-0 sweep at Amherst. The Crimson will now carry an undefeated record against stiff competition in the next three weekends...
...first by Princeton in the 200 yd. breastroke, coupled with a sweep of the 3-meter dive, however, ended the Crimson dream of an upset. a Tiger victory in the final relay, the first loss for Harvard all year in that event, inflated the score but ended an exciting meet on a sour, anti-climactic note