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Word: sweepingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yard freestyle was all Yale's. Eli Wayne Moore edged out team-mate Jimmy McLane by one-tenth of a second to take first place in 2:08.3 minutes. Frank Chamberlain and Marty Smith took third and fourth to give Yale a clean sweep of the top places...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Yale Swim Sweep Rolls On; Crimson 2nd in Team Score | 3/21/1953 | See Source »

...guided missiles "vectored" toward the targets by electronic signals, and equipped with homing devices that sense the target ahead and turn the projectile toward it in a collision course at several times the speed of sound. The domain of these mechanical falcons is the high, thin air above the sweep of the Skysweeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Electronic Duck Hunter | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

Coach Hal Ulen said Kiphuth--who was never one for holding his boys back--may try to keep the Crimson in single-digit figures. But, even if the Elis were to sweep every first place, which they may do, it is probable that the Crimson will score somewhere in the 'teens. Ulen's squad should pick up seconds in at least three events--the dive, the 100-yard free-style sprints, and the 200-yard breast-stroke--and there's an outside possibility for an upset in anyone of them...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Unbeaten Crimson Swimmers Test Yale's 99-Meet String | 3/7/1953 | See Source »

...rather positive that I speak for untold thousands when I say thank you for your story on Publisher Highland of Clarksburg, W. Va. [He] violates every legitimate concept of journalism, and dissipates its ethics in one broad, selfish sweep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 23, 1953 | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...Sweep Hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Drops First of Year To Underdog Indians at Hanover | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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