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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...showed that Claudius was originally a worthy opponent to Hamlet, but that his lines had been cut to such an extent on the modern stage that he seems comparatively weak. "This," he said in conclusion, "gives us a bad impression of Hamlet, making us wonder why he did not sweep his opponent aside more easily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR KITTREDGE DEFENDS HAMLET'S ACTS | 1/31/1923 | See Source »

Tripling the score of its nearest competitor, winning seven out of eight first places, and making a clean sweep in the shop-put and 45-yard low hurdles, the Freshman track team last Saturday swamped two visiting Boston schools in the first meet of the season with a final score of 51 points. English High School registered five points in the 1000-yard run, won by McKillock, and captured enough second and third places to bring her total up to 17, while Boston Latin School took second in the 600 and last in the relay race for a score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN TRACK TEAM SWAMPS TWO RIVALS IN CAPTURING FIRST MEET | 1/29/1923 | See Source »

Captain Gordon was the visitors' heavy scorer, shooting seven baskets from the floor and eight goals on free tries. Lowenthal and Gordon presented a fast offensive that at times threatened to sweep the Amherst team off its feet. Samborski, taking McLeish's place as guard, scored four baskets and helped hold the Purple to a small score. The score at the end of the first half stood Harvard 35, Amherst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAST PASSING ENABLES UNIVERSITY FIVE TO DOUBLE AMHERST SCORE | 1/13/1923 | See Source »

...number four on Team A. They will play D. M. Gilmore 3L, and F. W. Crocker 2L., respectively, at 3.30 o'clock on Courts 14 and 7. F. I. Carpenter '24 will play D. P. Kingsley 2L. at 4 o'clock. The Crimson players must make a clean sweep of the match in order to have a chance for the league championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUASH MEN TO FACE LINCOLN'S INN PLAYERS | 1/6/1923 | See Source »

President Faunce of Brown, who has just returned from Europe, says that the condition of Europe today is "brittle", that at any moment all Europe may break up in a configuration, where excesses worse than those of the Reign of Terror may sweep away our so-called modern civilization. Every effort to hold together through deeds of love and service, every attempt to re-awaken and stir up in Europe feelings of brotherliness and kindness, is to help build the Kingdom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICA CHALLENGED BY CONDITIONS IN NEAR EAST | 12/21/1922 | See Source »

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