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Word: sweeping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Victory came to the varsity wrestlers for the third straight time as they defeated Tufts, 30 to 6, last night in the Jumbos' new Jackson gym. Earlier in the evening, the freshman team scored a 36 to 0 sweep over the Tufts first year men, to give the Crimson a near-perfect record for the night's work at Medford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Folllow '56 Win With Near Whitewash Over Tufts | 12/18/1952 | See Source »

...from his villa on The Riviera for a visit to Paris, the Ago Khan said that he was still hard at work on his forthcoming memoirs, "which will sweep away all these legends about me." Some of the sweepings: "The richest man in the world is the Nizam of Hyderabad, not me. He is also the most avid miser. He has a swimming pool full of diamonds . . . The story that I bottle my bathtub water and sell it to the faithful is utter rubbish . . . Horses are a passion with me. I have just had the best racing season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 8, 1952 | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...able to claim a landslide victory for his year-old, Gaullist-like Greek Rally Party. With 49% of the popular vote, the party will have 241 seats in the 300-member Parliament. It was the second greatest political victory in modern Greek history, matched only by the Liberal sweep in 1928. The Communists got 10% of the vote, but won not a single seat in Parliament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Victory for Papagos | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

Clasby received the injury on a running play shortly before the end of the third quarter Saturday. He continued playing, but collapsed while starting a wide sweep a few moments later. He was carried off the field on a stretcher...

Author: By Richard B. Kline and Hiller B. Zobel, S | Title: Powerful Elis Romp, 41-14; Clasby Hurt, Will Play Again | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

Clasby had accounted for the only Harvard touchdown up to that point, on an 11-yard end sweep in the second period. That made the score 20 to 7, and for a brief moment the Crimson was in the game again...

Author: By Richard B. Kline and Hiller B. Zobel, S | Title: Powerful Elis Romp, 41-14; Clasby Hurt, Will Play Again | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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