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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Larries, meanwhile, have recovered from their 0-7 opening league mark, winning eight out of their last 10 games--including a recent sweep of Yale and Brown...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: A Year Later, the Tables Are Turned | 2/20/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard women's hockey team's rollercoaster of a season hit a high point this weekend with a roadtrip sweep of Ivy League rival Cornell and the Rochecter Institute of Technology...

Author: By Ken Segel, | Title: Icewomen Skate By Red, RIT | 2/18/1986 | See Source »

...addition to his role as diplomat-for-hire, lecturer and special commentator for ABC, Kissinger composes a newspaper column every month for the Los Angeles Times syndicate. While the column, carried by the Washington Post, is vintage Kissinger in its grand sweep and magisterial voice, his careful avoidance of direct criticism of the Administration has made it less trenchant -- and less influential -- than it might otherwise be. It all adds up to a life that is both lucrative and satisfying. Still, he says, "I would put national service above business, as a general proposition -- if it is important." Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henry Kissinger: Fingerspitzengefuhl | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...Dartmouth, Penn, and Princeton, this is a key Ivy weekend: any team that can engineer a sweep will move to the top of the pack; any team that is swept can start looking towards next season...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Men Cagers' Blues | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

...that first encounter, Sharon Hayes scored a game-high 17 points and fellow sophomore forward Beth Chandler added 14 as the Crimson-a 68-52 winner over Penn the night before-completed its first-ever weekend sweep over Ivy competition...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Women Cagers To Battle Quakers, Tigers | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

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