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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unless Eric Stromsted or Dick Rubin can better previous performances, Yale's Spence Cone, Gould Donahue, and Paul Mason can sweep the hammer; but Charlie Keith and Don Trimble are a potential Harvard one, two with the javelin, with either Fred Ravreby or Eli Dick Bowers grabbing third...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Track Squad to Meet Yale | 5/12/1950 | See Source »

...TIME Inc., soon took charge of TIME-LIFE'S Shanghai Bureau, the sort of job for which he had been carefully preparing himself since he laid aside his uniform. He told the great and bitter story of Nationalist China's demoralization and retreat, of the Communist sweep to victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Two Smiling White Men | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

Since Wisconsin won the opening regatta in 1946, Harvard has captured three successive varsity sprint titles. Last year at Syracuse the junior varsity and freshman boats also won, giving the Crimson the first clean sweep made by any college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EARC Discards Trial Heats | 5/5/1950 | See Source »

Four 150-pound crews almost made a clean sweep of their first regatta against M.I.T. Saturday afternoon on the Charles. Bert Haines' smooth varsity, junior varsity, and third varsity eights all defeated the Engineers by comfortable margins, but the freshmen rowed the Henley course to a dead heat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three 150 Crews Win; Yardling Boat Ties MIT | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

Tootell had no trouble taking the shot put with a short 47 feet, 11 3/4 inches and the discus with 147 feet, 5 inches. The rest of the put was a sweep by Bob Ray, Don Trimble, and Jerry Kanter, and Al Wilson took third in the discus...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Track Team Beats Holy Cross, B.U. | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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