Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lakers seemed poised for a series sweep and the most successful run in NBA playoff history, but the Celtics rebounded to get back into the race for their 17th championship...
...life and death, are held in low esteem by many who see them as self-serving money chasers. Dr. Richard Kusserow, inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, claims that physicians' peer- review boards, out of concern for the profession's good name, tend to sweep ethics complaints under the rug. "They protect each other's incompetency from the public," he says...
McHale, the NBA's sixth leading regular-season scorer, suited up but rested his sprained right ankle. The defending champion Celtics, meanwhile, showed no rustiness from a six-day layoff following their first-round sweep of Chicago...
...yesterday's extra-inning nightcap, Cornell spoiled Harvard's bid for a weekend sweep, rallying for two runs in the bottom of the eighth after Harvard had broken a 5-5 tie in the top of the inning...
...Crimson's split with Cornell, coupled with Dartmouth's sweep of Princeton, locked the two teams into a first-place tie in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League (EIBL) with 12-2 marks. Navy is next...