Word: sweeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...virtually the same as one adopted by the Senate two years ago: "It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese government should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations as a representative of China." The resolution passed the Senate unanimously, endorsed by the whole sweep of senatorial persuasion, from Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey to Illinois' Everett Dirksen...
...whom plan to visit Egyptian Dictator Naguib on their way home from London, thought that, in Nehru's words, "progressive and controlled nationalism in the Middle East must not be thwarted." South Africa, however, worried that Russian land armies might one day storm across the Middle East and sweep through Africa, raising thousands of Mau Mau-style recruits along...
...taking on all comers on the courts. A self-made athlete who did not reach the top until he was 27, some 20 years after he first picked up a racket as a youngster in Germantown, Pa., he piled up a record unmatched: 31 U.S. titles, including a singles sweep from 1920 to 1925, three Wimbledon titles (he was the first American to win in England), eleven Davis Cup teams, including a phenomenal stretch from 1920 to 1925 when he never lost a match. Only one player ever got under Tilden's weather-beaten skin: France's Rene...
Despite a slight quartering wind, the Yale J.V.s prevented a Princeton sweep as they defeated the Orange and Black by one and a quarter lengths. The Eli shot ahead at the start and continued to pull out, while Princeton and the Crimson seesawed back and forth until the three-quarter marker...
...stationed at the Pensacola, Florida naval base, replied that their only open date was this weekend--the same day which the Crimson had reserved for a match with the New York All-Stars. As a result, the varsity will field two separate teams Saturday, and will attempt to sweep both ends of the doubleheader. "Due to the progress individual players have made since Bermuda, we have a 50-50 chance of winning both games," notes player-coach Tom Calhoun...