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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third Crimson sweep of the evening came in the 60 yard dash, where Harvard runners Wayne Moore, Ralph Polillio, and Joe Salvo left their Bruin competition behind, if not in a cloud of dust, then in a flurry of little pink eraser stubs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Trackmen Erase Brown, 96-40 | 12/14/1977 | See Source »

...where the hero pretends to be gay so that the landlord will allow him to cohabit with two single women. When these two shows are followed by a Family episode about a lesbian teacher-as they recently were-one begins to feel that homosexuality is the hottest issue to sweep the country since Reconstruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Tuesday Night on the Tube | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...Mike Desaulniers, dropped the first game of his match against the militaryman, before recovering to sweep the next three and score his victory. Freshman Mitch Reese, playing seventh, surrendered the only other game...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Men's Squash Conquers Army | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...Crimson opened the meet with a one-two sweep in the 200-yd. medley relay. The third-place Tufts relay team was 15 seconds behind the winning Harvard combination and the crowd knew this was not going to be a repeat of last year's meet, which came down to the final relay...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Women Swimmers Drown Tufts, 99-32 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...opening 400-yd. Medley Relay. But in the event it did not win, the Harvard team picked up the vital seconds and thirds that eluded it all last year, and stayed close until after the required diving. Then a string of four Harvard wins, including a one-two-three sweep in the 200-yd. backstroke, ran the Crimson women's point total to 68, topping the magic number 67 needed to insure...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Women Sink B.U.; Kelly Wins Three In 73-56 Victory | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

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