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Word: sweepingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wilson led teammates Charlie Ajootian and Gene Mazel to a sweep in the weights, while Dick Benka captured the shotput with a 52'-2 1/4" toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schoonover Breaks Vault Record As Track Team Routs Dartmouth | 2/23/1967 | See Source »

...spectacle features Finley's distinctive double-clutch lecture shuffle: from the podium two steps to the left, a pause, an extension of the right foot accompanied by a sweep of the hand, a snap of the microphone cord, two steps back to the right, a resting of the right arm on the podium and a flourishing of the left arm in a classic pose. Some are amused. But by the end of the fall term, only 200 of the 500 students in the course were attending lectures...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: John Finley | 2/21/1967 | See Source »

...miles northwest of Saigon along the Cambodian border, the U.S. mounted "Operation Gadsden" shortly before Tet to prevent the buildup of the Viet Cong's tough 9th Division. Though two companies of American infantrymen were lured into an ambush and took "moderate" casualties in escaping, the U.S. sweep gained good field positions for the post-truce period. It also turned up and destroyed two camouflaged bridges crossing into Cambodia that the Communists had been using for infiltration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Devils of Tef | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

...feel like a woman, like a basement tobacco shop, a busted fountain, a sloppy staircase. Dark, damp lists of words, you say them. One will say it all soon. Then you will not have to sweep up in the morning...

Author: By Jeremy W. Heist, | Title: A Young Poet | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

...weight is all Crimson. Ron Wilson and Ajootian should cop first and second and a sweep is conceivable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen May Run Into Trouble Against Elis, Tigers Tomorrow | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

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