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...gleeful exclamation of 65-year-old Desiree, a recent immigrant from Haiti, when she finally comprehended the term. Native English speakers take the words "broom," "sweep," "dishes" and "hammer" for granted. These brand new vocabulary words and phrases will be of critical importance to newly arrived low-income Americans, as they struggle to understand help-wanted advertisements, American shopping malls and even soap operas...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Loving to Learn, Living to Teach | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

Full of confidence following a 7-0 sweep of Cornell in their first Ivy League action of the year, the Lions (11-3) will need every bit of this swagger to garner a victory over the Crimson this weekend. With a 5-2 record at No. 1 singles, Steve Millerman leads Columbia...

Author: By Brian C. Clay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Set to Take on Ivy Foes | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...Holy Cross was looking for revenge yesterday, its search went astray. Defending Ivy League champion Harvard (6-11) opened its home season with a convincing doubleheader sweep of Holy Cross (11-11). The Crimson took the first game 8-0, forcing the mercy rule into effect after the sixth inning, and used a four-run fifth inning to win the second...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Sweeps Home Openers | 4/7/1999 | See Source »

...victories extended the Harvard's nation-best winning streak to 30 games and completed a clean championship sweep for Harvard. In addition to the national title, the 1998-99 Crimson also won the Beanpot, Ivy League and ECAC crowns...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hockey Beats UNH in OT For Championship | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...jarring--or laughable--to see someone with a reputation for deep thought on arms control and the environment elbow aside Cabinet Secretaries to take a bow for improving concrete pavements, increasing lost-luggage compensation and offering a three-digit phone number for traffic-jam updates. Still, when voters sweep up all the crumbs, a Gore associate predicts, "they'll add up to something more thematic, something bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000 Behind The Scenes: Stuck In The Starting Gate? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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