Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yankee Manager Casey Stengel, a man who got to fame in the sere and yellow leaf, was naturally jubilant about winning the World Series, but, at 59, he was a little undecided about his future. After the last game in his team's clean sweep, Casey surprised sportwriters by saying, "I don't know whether I'm coming back next year ... it will depend upon my health." Last week Stengel got just what the doctor ordered: a two-year contract making him the highest-paid manager in baseball history. True to a modern baseball custom much favored...
...held a 13-7 lead with less than five minutes to go. Then, as the shadows lengthened over the bowl, the Texas aim wavered. A fourth-down kick attempt was smothered, and Oklahoma took possession deep in the heart of Texas territory. In one play, an eleven-yard end-sweep, Oklahoma tied the score. Tackle Jim Weatherall won the game for Oklahoma with a point-after-touchdown placement...
...this traditional festival day, 'Cliffedwellers pay compulsory subscription fees and all club dues in one wallet-thinning sweep. Booths in Agassiz have ben set up for the purpose...
...Manhattan, London Hairdresser Raymond boasted that he had recently given the Duchess of Windsor a new hairdo that would sweep the country: a design called "the tutored urchin look...
...Yardling harriers look promising but will have difficulty in upsetting a Rhode Island freshman team which took a clean sweep from Springfield...