Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victories all but eliminated the other Democratic candidates. He had long ago knocked out George Wallace, drubbing him in Florida and North Carolina. Henry Jackson was humiliated in Pennsylvania, where he had expected to sweep to victory with heavy union and political-machine support. At week's end he decided to drop out of the race. "I will remain a candidate and I do not intend to endorse any other candidate at this time," said Scoop to a group of supporters. "I am a realist. Simply stated, we are out of money." Asked to assess Carter's chances...
After the relay team edged out the Bruins in 42.8 seconds, Jeff Campbell ran 4:16.7 to take the mile, Joel Peters won the 440 in 49.7, and Bill Qkerman led a sweep in the 880 with a 1:59.7 first-place finish...
...local citizens: "Our main concern should be the poor." Another main concern was the state of emergency that Mrs. Gandhi imposed on the country last June, as she said, because of "those who preached violence and indiscipline." Democracy, Indira noted loftily, "does not mean that whoever has power can sweep away the opposition like a bulldozer." It was a strange comment, coming from a ruler who for ten months has kept much of her own political opposition in jail...
...other weight events, Kevin McCafferty led a Harvard sweep of the shotput with a throw of 50 ft. 4 1/2 in. Freshman Gary Quantock and Mitch Witten took a second and third, respectively...
Something good finally happened to the Harvard baseball team Saturday afternoon at Brown. A 9-3 victory, engineered by super freshman pitcher Larry Brown, snapped the Crimson's dreary five-game losing streak and sent Harvard into the second game of the doubleheader looking for a sweep...