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Word: sweepingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Daniel Callahan, director of the Hastings Center, an ethics think tank. "One is the sanctity of life, with its religious roots; the other is the technological imperative to do everything possible to save a life. Put together they are like a locomotive running at 100 miles an hour." The sweep of that force troubles many experts. Says George Annas of Boston University's School of Medicine: "The technological imperative obliterates the person altogether. It acts as if the person doesn't exist -- that she has no personality, no family, and that no one who loves her can make decisions about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Whose Right to Die? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Wait. There goes Vukonich on a sweep. Heshoots, he... how did the goalie make that save...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Hockey Gods Rule | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

Topping the list has to be Army's sweep of both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle sprints. Greg Sarakatsannis' time of 21.01 in the 50 and Al Anderson's 100-yard 45.65 headed an Army squad that marched to the top four spots in both races. Sarakatsannis also anchored two Army relay wins, the 400-yard medley and the 800-yard freestyle...

Author: By Hank Hudepohl, | Title: Army Thunders by Aquamen | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

Last March, the University of Vermont stunned the Harvard hockey team, 3-2, in the semi-finals of the ECAC tournament, depriving the Crimson of a Beanpot-ECAC-NCAA sweep...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Icemen Want Revenge At Vermont Tonight | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

Also yesterday, the government newspaper Neues Deutschland said the party may scrap its traditional structure of having a Politburo, Central Committee and general secretary to make a "radical end to structural Stalinism." As reform movements sweep through Eastern Europe, the hard-line policies of Stalinism have become a prime target for criticism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Krenz Steps Down; Replaced by Gerlach | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

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