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Word: sweep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Classic, that was the purpose, and Long Beach St. came out the winner. After participating in the NIT Tournament last year, the 49ers stumbled to a 2-5 start. But Long Beach St. Coach Seth Greenberg is buoyed for the 49ers Big West opening game after their sweep of Harvard and Brooklyn in the Classic...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Time Will Tell If Cagers' Schedule Will Reap Fruits in Ivies | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

Historians and political scientists debate whether great forces or great men move the world. By unleashing the forces of democracy, Gorbachev gave new luster to the great-man theory. He may not be able to control those forces himself. They could even sweep him away, just as they did Egon Krenz and Karoly Grosz and Milos Jakes. But no matter what happens next in the great Eurasian land mass where 1.8 billion people live under communism -- and no matter what happens to Gorbachev himself -- he has established his place in history as the catalyst of a new European reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of People | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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