Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sweep of Ivy League rivals, Harvard topped the Big Red, 76-69, last night after taming the Lions, 83-64, Friday night...
Harvard nabbed the top two spots in four different events, including a one-two-three sweep of the 100-yd. butterfly by Chubb, Wriede and senior tri-Captain Karen Schneider...
...most impressive element of Bush's victory was its geographic sweep. To his solid base in the South, he added much of the Middle West, parts of the Northeast, the Mountain States and California. Though the G.O.P. carried several large states by thin margins, Bush demonstrated that there is still considerable strength in the theory of a "Republican lock" on the Electoral College. For a generation Republican presidential candidates have enjoyed an advantage in the distribution of electoral votes, and Bush exploited that benefit...
Getman didn't go so far as to sweep the forwards from the field, but he did made a few line-up changes. Harvard played an unusual three-back set-up, in part to allow all of the graduating seniors to play, and also because usual starting sophomore sweeper Nick Gates was out with an injury. Getman also substituted senior back-up goaltender Chad Reilly for starter Stephen Hall shortly into the second half...
Recently, Harvard has gotten the better of the Big Red, including a series sweep the last three years. But the Crimson has not enjoyed similar success in the Beanpot, the annual tournament held in February at Boston Garden and featuring the city's leading teams, Harvard, Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern...