Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pound weight throw, in which junior Stephen McCauley was outdistanced by two feet, the Crimson ripped off first places in five straight events. The troika of freshman Josh Nicholson (6'4"), junior Terrence Mann (6'2") and senior Joseph Ghartey (6'2") combined for a high jump sweep and five points in the scorebook...
Another Harvard sweep--this time in the 400-meter dash--gave the Crimson a 40-14 lead and a commanding control of the match. Junior Jeff Pressman (50.7 seconds), senior Mike Evers (50.9 seconds) and sophomore Jerome McCluskey (51.7 seconds) all placed...
...secular response to the tawdriness of contemporary life was not uplifting; it largely amounted to a mingy, mean spirited vindictiveness, a searching for scapegoats. Many interpreted the Republican sweep in the November elections as a sign that voters were as mad as hell and ready for old-fashioned verities. That seemed to be the view of incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who called for a constitutional amendment allowing voluntary school prayer in public schools. He also suggested it might be a good idea to fill orphanages with the children of welfare mothers...
Behold the Slavic pope is coming, a brother of the people; He already pours the world's balm into our breasts, And the angel choirs sweep the throne for him, with flowers...
...Berlusconi will resign Wednesday because he doesn't have the parliamentary support to survive an imminent no-confidence vote. But Deputy Prime Minister Giuseppe Tatarella said the canny Berlusconi is planning the move to clear the way for new elections, staking his future on the belief that voters will sweep him back into office and silence his critics. "The government will resign tomorrow and tomorrow begins a long election campaign," Tatarella told state television, referring to Wednesday's parliamentary session. Berlusconi led his tenuous, three-coalition Forza Italy, or Let's Go, Italy, party to victory in March, largely...