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Word: sweepingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when the program began," Moll recounts, "the African nations were not very sophisticated in appraising their manpower needs, and so we would sweep in and pick up the best and brightest students in any subject...

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: "I Weep to You for the First Help": African Youth Apply to American Colleges | 3/18/1967 | See Source »

...Crimson chalked up two other second places. Bob Benka had his best throw of the year in the shot--54 ft. 1/2 in.--and broke up what had looked like a certain Army 1-2 sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen 2nd in Heps As Baker Sets Record | 3/13/1967 | See Source »

...Lord's Prayer: 'Give us this day our daily bread.' In mid-20th-century America, bread is a drug on the market. Our problem is not to get bread but to get rid of it. The breaking of this age-old economic equation is, in the sweep of history, just as new as the atom-and much less appreciated. December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: ON BUSINESS | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

Captain Bob Damus set the mood in the first sabre bout whitewashing Steve Mayberg, 5-0. After losing the first touch. Paul Profeta followed with five straight touches to clobber Tom Edwards, 5-1. Sophomore Bob Barnard completed the first-round sabre, sweep by edging Steve Getman...

Author: By George M. Flesh, | Title: Fencing Team Downs Yale, 19-8 | 3/7/1967 | See Source »

...expected, Harvard dominated the weight throw and shot put but fared badly in the broad jump. Ron Wilson heaved the hammer 58' 6" to win in a Harvard sweep, and sophomore Benka took the shot put with a 52' 6" toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Dump Brown | 2/25/1967 | See Source »

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