Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British positions. The infantry companies form huge squares, firing at an enemy that seems, like dragon's teeth, to sow new fighters as the old ones tumble. And mud undoes both sides. Aerial cameras traverse the horizon, catching cannon and cavalry as they give the battle almost Tolstoyan sweep and power...
...Harvard baseball team, aided by numerous Yale errors, twice rallied in the final innings to sweep a doubleheader from the Bulldogs...
Captain Fred Sherman, who led the Harvard links men with a 78, commented on the match. "It was nice to get a win under our belt, but we were disappointed that we couldn't gain the sweep. After all, we started the afternoon knowing we could beat Columbia...
...regular season opener yesterday, the Harvard tennis team defeated M.I.T., 8-1. A clean sweep of all six singles matches in straight sets highlighted the victory...
...first action, a mock combat sweep of the Plaza and the subway station beneath it, will start at 8 a.m. "It's going to be pretty frightening to bystanders," VVAW representative Erick Herder said yesterday. "But then, the war is pretty frightening...