Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Robert L. Ackerly, a former Federal prosecutor, and the American Civil Liberties Union have called for the formation of a special jury to consider whether the Constitutional rights of those arrested were violated. Ackerly said he was "shocked and sorely distressed that the police can, with impunity, sweep the streets and then receive the support of the courts, which not only set high bonds but practically eliminate the effectiveness of habeas corpus...
Demonstrators danced, sang, and chanted as the police cleared the steps one at a time. One man removed his clothes and stood facing a crowd of about 1000 who watched the sweep from behind police lines...
Randy Barnett, Bill Brock, Tom Loring and Peter Briggs all registered straight set victories to complete the singles sweep. Playing abbreviated matches in doubles, Barnett and Loring won easily, and Jeff Reich and Bill Ranch secured the shutout with a 10-8 win. The first doubles match was not played because it was time...
Traffic was clogged most seriously in the area surrounding George Washington University which was eventually cleared by a police sweep and sealed...
...Anderson's freshman lights completed Harvard's lightweight sweep by notching their fourth consecutive win. The Yardlings outdistanced Princeton by seven seconds and Yale by 29 to gain their fourth in a row this spring...