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Word: sweepingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jake Driscoll won both the shot put and hammer throw to lead the freshman weightmen. He was backed up by Spencer Dreischarf and Steve Anderson, who collected nine points in the discus with a 1-2 sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Win Greater Boston Meet; Shaw Chosen 'Outstanding Athlete' | 5/1/1969 | See Source »

Sophomore Richie Szaro hurled the spear 236', just seven feet short of the Harvard record he set in this year's Army meet. Football quarterback Frank Champi, doubling this spring as a javelin thrower, took second with a 209' throw. Rounding out the sweep was senior Henry Bernson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Victory Seems Certain In Boston Track Meet | 4/30/1969 | See Source »

...Annapolis, the freshmen lights swamped Navy by more than 20 seconds. The J.V. lights finished off their Middies to complete the Harvard sweep...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Heavies Crush Princeton; Lights Sink Navy | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

...Harvard, which captured a whopping 15 of 18 events for the day. Alvord won the 100-yard dash in 10.2 seconds and later scored a victory in the 220-yard dash with a 23.1 clocking. John Gillis's triumph in the 440-yard dash (49.0 sec.) completed a rare sweep in the sprints for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Whip Dartmouth, 119-34; Foursome Places in Penn Relays | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

...surface ship like Pueblo. Because many of the signals to be monitored travel in straight lines rather than bending with the earth's curvature, an airborne collector sees a much more distant horizon and can keep signals within range far longer. One EC-121 radar can sweep a 40,000-sq.-mi. area. The plane carries six tons of electronic gear and a crew of 31, large enough to allow technicians and translators to spell each other frequently at tasks that demand intense concentration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Spy Planes: What They Do and Why | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

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