Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pressing buttons in front of two monitoring screens, the patrolman can revolve either camera 350° or sweep it up and down through an angle of 120°. Other buttons operate zoom lenses that enable the monitor to swoop in without hesitation on suspicious activities half a mile away from the cameras (which are located two blocks apart). When the patrolman on monitoring duty spots a crime in progress, he can immediately dispatch the nearest squad car to the scene...
...Basketball Association titles. Like the old New York Yankees, they so humbled their opposition that they robbed the championship of much of its interest. With 7-ft. 2-in. Buck Center Lew Alcindor dominating the last game like a keyhole colossus, Milwaukee beat the Baltimore Bullets 118-106 to sweep the finals in four straight games. It was one of the most lopsided final play-offs in N.B.A. record books...
...Crimson freshmen completed the lightweight sweep, finishing nearly a length ahead of Penn and earning Harvard's lightweights their fourth consecutive Jope Cup. First-year coach Bo Anderson led the Yardlings to a perfect 5.0 season record...
...second and most massive sweep occurred at about 2:20 p. m. when Blair read a warning to the demonstrators remaining in Cambridge St. that they would be arrested if they did not move. Immediately after he stopped speaking, 350 policemen charged the group from all sides, wielding their clubs freely. About 15 people were arrested as police chased the crowd three blocks up Tremont...
After the sweep, a group of demonstration organizers, including Arthur Fink, teaching fellow in General Education, negotiated an early end to the demonstration with Fisk, who granted a permit for a brief rally on the Common...