Word: sweepingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard left them red-faced again, as the Crimson pounded the Red Raiders, 5-2, and completed the sweep with a 6-3 destruction...
...together in a bizarre tapestry of intrigue that stretches across two continents and several years. As each day brings fresh revelations about the scheme to skim profits from secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and channel them to the contras in Central America, the tale assumes the drama and sweep of an epic thriller. Some chapters are still murky, and the ending remains to be played out over the next few months, even years, but the story already rivals the most intricate of spy novels...
...Soviet bloc. On a political trip the day before he left for Iceland, Reagan passed his time aboard Air Force One chatting with Secret Service agents. He negotiated with Gorbachev on instinct. His approach could have led to the type of breakthrough that happens only when leaders sweep aside details and discuss the big picture. Or it could have ended hopes for a limited agreement on European missiles and the use of Star Wars as a bargaining tool. In retrospect, the latter may have occurred...
Doug Lifford, Harvard's number six, dominated Trinity's Jim Tomlinson, winning 15-3, 15-7, 15-10 to earn the Crimson's second sweep...
Number one Darius Pandole whipped Trinity's Bruce Hauptfuhrer, 15-11, 15-5, 15-5, while William Iselin--playing at number three--destroyed Bobby Hopkins in straight sets, 15-4, 15-10, 15-7. Iselin's victory closed out the sweep for the racquetwomen...