Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...power to Muldoon's triumphant New Zealand National Party, the outgoing Prime Minister allowed that he felt as though he had "been run over by a bus." In an upset, the conservative Nationalists won a 19-seat majority in the 87-member Parliament, almost matching Labor's sweep in 1972, when it ousted the National Party after twelve years in office...
CORNERBACKS. James Hunter, Grambling, 6 ft. 3 in., 194 lbs.; and Mike Haynes, Arizona State, 6 ft. 3 in., 195 lbs. With the speed of summer lightning, Hunter is the dream cornerback. A favorite tactic is to zip up to the line and stun runners trying to sweep around the end. When he intercepts a pass, Hunter takes off like a running back. Haynes is another return threat who led the country in interceptions (eleven) when he was a junior. The scouts say that Pat Thomas, Texas A. & M., 5 ft. 10 in., 180 lbs., is also a cornerback...
...serenity of the adagio of the Ninth Symphony surges to the famed choral movement with stunning emotional impact. Partisans will want to stick with some of the classic interpretations: Toscanini's Seventh, for instance, or the Erich Kleiber/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Fifth. But for consistent clarity, warmth and dramatic sweep, the Solti/ Chicago team is tough to beat...
...Yorkers' blades boasted some double trouble for the Crimson in the likes of Swedish Olympians Hans and Lars Wieselgren. The fraternal fencers foiled Harvard in the epee, with only the Crimson's Simmons breaking through to prevent a sweep...
Against a Merchant Marine Academy squad that hails from Kings Point, Yasunaga and Mulvihill upended their opponents, while Jim Cocoran also cruised to an 8-1 win on the way to a 3-0 sweep of his matches. A healthy Jon Franklin, who had been plagued by two shoulder fractures in two years, shellacked his Kings Point opponent. Lee termed the opposition "a rugged bunch of kids" but the Commanders were erased 28-11 by the Crimson...