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Leahy said as the group was walking to a nearby T station, Byrne pulled up next to her and the group—recognizing Leahy, a six-foot four blonde basketball player, from a sweep he had made the night before...

Author: By Justin D. Gest, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Police Officer Allegedly Assaults Harvard Student | 9/25/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson and the Stags (5-4) battled through two fiercely competitive games before Fairfield finally took control late in the third game. With the score knotted at 22-22, the Stags scored eight of the final nine points to complete the three-game sweep...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Beats UNH, Falls to Fairfield | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...Durham says, In ways, you can see how the school was trying to sweep everything under...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Groton Not Forgotten | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...work only part time, teaching legal philosophy. She pored over her collection of old-time housework manuals and consulted innumerable experts, from fire fighters to microbiologists. Eight years later, she had more than 800 pages that are the final word on how to get out any stain, how to sweep a floor (to the center) and how to remove candle wax (apply ice until the wax crumbles). After reading her book, you will throw out your old sponges, always have white vinegar handy and become slightly paranoid about mold and dust mites. Her reigning philosophy is that the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Economist: Clean Queen | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...next year's budget, and to shift funding from old-style, pork-barrel projects?building unnecessary roads, bridges, airports?to things like education, job training, information technology, environmental cleanup. At the same time, Koizumi wants to privatize, or destroy, state-owned companies and begin to sweep away the bad debts that burden Japan's tottering banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Destroyer | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

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