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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tigers, now 5-5, are a bunch of EIBL also-rans who didn't even manage to sweep Dartmouth on Saturday. Yet, powered by a Paul Steinhauser three-run homer in each game and the six-hit, eight-strikeout pitching of Holly, they pulled off one of those minor miracles that seems to happen somewhere in the Eastern League every weekend, and before you could pause for a commercial message. Harvard was being written out of the EIBL script, 1-3 in the league and 3-7 overall...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Crimson Stumbles, Falls in Opening Weekend | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...Crimson 9-0 sweep came so easily that only one of the six singles matches necessitated a tie-breaking third set--barely enough action to talk about on the three-hour ride home...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Netmen Overwhelm Hapless Quakers | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...college pitchers who prefers to work in relief, Gibson earned a win and a save in Navy's sweep of defending-champion Yale last week, helping to stretch his squad's winning streak...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Navy, Princeton Here This Weekend As Crimson Opens EIBL Schedule | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

Columbia, one of the league's younger squads, finished seventh in last year's EIBL. The Lions are off to a 3-3 start in League play this year, including a doubleheader split against Navy, a sweep of Princeton, and a double loss to Army...

Author: By Michael Bass and Marco L. Quazzo, S | Title: Eastern Baseball Championship Up For Grabs | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

...asked our instructor why so many women continue to work past the retirement age of 55. Some of these women, visibly eligible to receive their pensions, shovel snow from the steps of public parks, others, bent over because the handles on their brooms are only half a meter long, sweep metro floors after shut-down at 1 a.m. Our instructor said that these women simply love their work. While this explanation may very well be true, a more complete answer might have also noted that in some cases pensions are so low that the elderly need the extra income just...

Author: By Allen M. Greenberg, | Title: From Russia With Frustration | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

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