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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Deacon's "B" basketball team made a clean sweep by beating Eliot House "B's" 37 to 23. Kirkland's Ed Curtiss and Steve Moore, high scorers with nine points each, kept the Deacons ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Romp in 3 House Matches | 12/8/1951 | See Source »

...year's track team has outstanding men in almost every event. It has a good deal of depth, particularly in some of the running events. If a few men develop to provide a little additional depth in several weak events, there's no reason why this team shouldn't sweep all its dual meets. Yet the members of the track team don't feel a sweep will be sufficient. In recent years, the Crimson has seldom shown to advantage in the big meets--the Heptagonal Championships, for example. This year's group wants to do some heavy scoring in these...

Author: By George S. Abrams, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 12/7/1951 | See Source »

...then poured some water into one of the pans, threw in some carrots which he had just diced (he almost cut off his finger with a wild sweep of the carving knife), and lit the burner on the stove. He was working fast, and Liz followed him about the kitchen admiringly...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 12/4/1951 | See Source »

...Walk. Four years after Gandhi's death, disciple Vinoba Bhave (rhymes with save), often called the "son of Gandhi" is leading a one-man land reform crusade. His crusade which began with remarkable success in Communist-terrorized Telingana province (TIME, June 4), now promises to sweep through India. Bhave's target: the redistribution of 50 million acres-one-sixth of the cultivated land-among India's millions of landless peasants. His argument: "In India the ideal of Ahimsa (nonviolence) has deeply influenced people's minds. We can successfully bring about peaceful social revolution by gentle persuasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Fifth Son | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...Ossman's superb faking on the optional pitchout play--combined with excellent trap blocking--opened the with excellent trap blocking--opened the defenses every time. And to prove that he wasn't limited to up-the-middle plays, the 192-pound fullback took off on a 20-yard pitchout sweep around right end to score the last touchdown...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Inspired Eleven Rips Brown, 34-21 | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

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