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Word: sweeping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is no doubt that the Democratic sweep should come in for thanks, but should the blessing be large or small? There are some die-hards who will cat another kind of bird over Thanksgiving--for them the Democratic sweep is a small blessing indeed. Others will think it a large blessing, but only if the turkey is cheap; it may be that even staunch Democrats will be forced to cat crow eventually to save money. In any case, thanks are in order, now the election is over, that the initials G-O-P were not dynamited into the Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 and 20 Drumsticks | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...their bodies if male and on their faces if female." The other women nodded soberly. "Even if all the lights are out," said Juana Sanchez, "one hundred children will be born this year with harelips, two prominent men in the government will die, and two great plagues will sweep the world." A couple of women hastily crossed themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Signs & Portents | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...with straight-ahead man Shafer out of the game, the Elis were able to stop anything through the middle. Valpey solved the problem with two bread-and-butter plays that have been gaining ground all fall--the wing-back off-tackle slant to one flank and the tailback sweep and or cutback to the other. Moffle, the wingback, clicked off 149 yards and tailback Roche added an other 130, including the two payoff long-gainers in the final period...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: End of Seven Lean Seasons | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Wingback Hal Moffle, who ran so yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, praised end Art Hyde for his great block of safety man Nadherny . . . "The play was just an ordinary sweep," Moffle explained, "and then all of a sudden everything opened up." . . . "I hope this is the start of a long friendship," Coach Valpey said to Hickman at the post-game press conference . . . "Well, I'm certainly doing my part," Hickman drawled...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: End of Seven Lean Seasons | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Eliot drove downfield as the period ended, only to lose the ball on downs. Jonathan Edwards roared all the way back in seven plays to score on a nine-yard end sweep by Stodgehill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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