Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...race that had attracted the most nationwide attention turned out to be a clean sweep. Democrat Paul Douglas piled up almost a quarter million more votes than his Republican challenger, Lobbyist Joe Meek. Ex-Professor Douglas' hard campaigning won the votes of many Republican and independent city dwellers, especially in Chicago...
...more than three decades later, although no longer able to sweep football doubleheaders, the varsity team faces much the same problem as it did in '21. This afternoon, an untraditional rival returns to the Stadium for a second visit, coming from Athens, Ohio, with that same thought of revenge that Centre's Colonels boasted...
...days when the Crimson eleven was accustomed to sweep all its contests except the game with Yale, who has spoiled nine undefeated varsity seasons, the most constant threat for an upset victory was Pop Warner's unorthodox team from the Carlisle Indian School...
...example. Charlemagne tried to snatch back features of Hellenism, and Timur Lenk tried to raise the ghost of the Cairene 'Abbasid Caliphate, neither with success. In literature, 15th century Humanism tried to revive the writing of Latin verse only to see the "vulgar" and more virile Western literature sweep Europe. Toynbee includes the Crusades among the "renaissances" that failed, a deplorable attempt to reach "religious goals by military short cuts." In effect, Toynbee is saying that to stay healthy, a civilization must plot its own course, quotes with approval the ghost of Achilles from the Odyssey: "I would rather...
Punting, or the lack of it, was the main factor in the Dunster win. The Funsters could kick; Krikland seemed unable to. Dunster scored in the first half on an end sweep by Ky Dewan. The vital extra point was scored by halfback Steve West on a line buck...