Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bill Weber, competing after only two days of practice, took second in the hurdles behind Twitchell, with Ty Smith completing the Crimson sweep in third...
...economy. Since the machine was largely government-owned, the government had to decide whether to shut it down, leaving hundreds of thousands jobless, or try to keep it running for peacetime purposes. Prophets of doom were sure that the factories would be deserted, that a heartbreaking depression would sweep the country. Taking over as Minister of Reconstruction, Howe thought otherwise. Said he: "If there is any country in the world where unrestrained optimism is justified, that country is Canada...
...varsity fencers defeated a team made up from several of the University graduate schools, 20 to 7, last Saturday. Eric Sollee and Steve Chandler paced the Crimson to the win with sweep of their three bouts. Both competed in the foil division...
...handle. Up the ice it came in a smooth, shallow curve. "Don't brush!" shouted McKinlay. Just before the stone came to the hog line, McKinlay yelled: "Brush now!" The soopers whisked frantically with their household-type brooms (the Scotsmen use T-shaped brooms, rub rather than sweep the ice). The stone slipped on between the two trotting sweepers, snicked the two guard stones away and came to rest plunk in the center...
...good at painting willowy maidens in sylvan settings that some of her work was displayed at London's Royal Academy. After more art school, she gave up her Royal Academy style, but she stuck to her interest in scenes with a generous horizontal sweep to them. In Harlem she learned to paint in verticals...