Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quest of a title in search of a dream, the Harvard men's basket ball team is on the road this weekend in pursuit of a sweep...
Harvard also pulled a clean sweep in both the one-and three-meter dives, with Shannon Byrd, Kathy Josman and Megan Starkey finishing first, second and third, respectively...
Wright countered with a plan calling for a stretch-out, from five to six years, of most military procurement programs. That, said Wright, would save $100 billion in one grand sweep. He dismissed the White House proposals as a "shopping list of little things that is a waste of time." Wright's stretch-out plan was a politically sly move because it was originally put forward in 1982 by a leading Republican, former President Gerald Ford...
...close, Harvard holds a two-game lead over Yale in the loss column. Even if the Crimson should lose tonight, it could clinch the championship winning its last four games--three of which are at Bright Center. On the other hand, if Harvard wins tonight. Yale would have to sweep its last three games and Harvard would have to go under .500 the rest of the way for the Elis to grab the crown...
Just two days after its first weekend sweep in over a year--two victories over Yale and Brown that sent Harvard into the thick of the Ivy title chase--the Crimson turned in one of its worst first halves of the year in a game whose only significance was in the scoring books...