Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yesterday a Paul Blair single in the bottom of the ninth pushed across the decisive run to give the Yankees a 5-4 win, a sweep of the three-game series with Boston, and a warning that Thurman Munson and Co. have it in them to shut off the Back Bay Power Plant when the situation calls...
...Stanley in the bottom of the ninth and after a few near-miss pitches and an intentional walk to Chambliss, had loaded the bases for Paul Blair to play hero. Blair singled over a drawn-in Butch Hobson and Yanks had reciprocated the Sox three-game sweep of a week ago. Let the dogfight resume, nobody is going to win the 'East easy...
...enters Carter's study. Indeed it is his. It is small-17 ft. by 18½ ft. The vast sweep and power of the presidency are reduced to their simplest forms...
...Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew has a perfect record. The Belmont Stakes was his ninth trip to the starting gate and his ninth run to the wire as a winner. In the week before the Belmont, there was little doubt among backstretchers that Seattle Slew would complete his sweep. Secretariat Owner Penny Tweedy Ringquist, whose Spirit Level took his shot at Slew and lost, said: "Seattle Slew is head and shoulders above every other horse his age. He has speed, courage, luck and endurance. And he has been brilliantly trained...
Will governments fall? Can the Commies beat the Capitalists? Will the U.S. sweep the Nobel prizes two years in a row? Tune in ABC for the Super Bowl of news and instant replay on the Coup-of-the-Week...