Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...undefeated Crimson warmed up for the Cadets with a 78-40 victory over the Boston College Eagles Saturday. In that meet, Harvard was led by its field men, who garnered 44 out of a possible 54 points, including a sweep in the high jump and one-two finishes in the long jump and pole vault events...
...Embree supplied the biggest fireworks of the field day. He spearheaded a Harvard sweep in the high jump by soaring seven feet, one inch for an indoor Crimson record...
...confidence. And, after an initial orgy of gloating in the press, public reaction swung sharply to Whitney's side, and began to see a stoic martyr where there was really only a self-deluded man who believed--until the last minute his world collapsed--that Jersey Lightning applejack would sweep the nation and make his enormous investment in applejack distilleries pay off. These two elements--an unthinking crossing of the line between the legal and the illegal in the search for solvency, and a never-ending faith in speculation--are what make Whitney a prototype of American financiers, and prove...
Harvard was led by the inspired play of juniors Geordie Thomson and Tim Berkowitz, each of whom rallied from 2-0 game deficits to sweep the final three games and the victory...
Losses by Dave Evans, in the number one position, and Dave Gray, at number four, prevented a Crimson sweep...