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...After the resounding win in the second game, the Crimson fended off the Engineers' late resurgence with more scrambling floor defense to win the third game 15-10, and sweep the match...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Volleyball Routs MIT, 3-0 | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right." And then, for good measure, a day later McCain branded G.O.P. clerics "evil" as Bush went on to sweep all three Tuesday primaries by comfy margins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fire And Brimstone | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...Shot. So what if I have not one but two scars on my right hand from baking corn bread, or if since I bought that yellow paint, I preside over the most cheerful dang kitchen in the tri-state area? I don't find it particularly contradictory to sweep my floors while singing along with Riot-Grrrl records. I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and crumble it over potatoes sauteed in anise as a delightful side dish for brunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Won't Launder My Dish Towels | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...very Forest-like, and Ghost Dog-like, not to tell me that but to show me at the moment when it was necessary. There are some people in the park looking at Forest and going, 'Damn, a samurai!' I'm surprised Mayor Giuliani's guys didn't come and sweep him away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Samurai Cineaste | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...Insiders grouse that Rendell has failed to net big dollars, but the former mayor of Philadelphia, who plans to run for governor in 2002, is considered too important to sweep aside. "Can you envision the vice president or President asking me to leave?" the self-assured chairman said to TIME. He boasts $10 million in February receipts, most of it from events headlined by the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats Scramble to Fill Campaign War Chest | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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