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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Union Oil announced that it would bear the full cost of repairing the mess, and instituted "Operation Sea Sweep." The company sent a huge cleaning contraption into the slick. Powered by tug, the V-shaped strainer-250 ft. across-skims the surface, and deposits oil in a barge. Trouble was, the swells constantly interrupted the devil's labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Environment: The Dead Channel | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

...Track Sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Six Romps, 8-0; Thinclads Triumph, 76-28 | 2/20/1969 | See Source »

Harvard's swimmers in the 400-yard medley relay opened the meet with a win to put the Crimson on top, 7-0. But UConn's Quentin Pearson and Marc Dinnerstein combined for a sweep in the 1000-yard free, which Krause sat out, to knot the score...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Varsity Tankmen Rout Connecticut | 2/20/1969 | See Source »

Things got worse for the Connecticut visitors as Bill Murphy and Dick Eisenberg earned a sweep for the Crimson in the one-meter dive. Harvard coach Bill Brooks, truly a man of mercy, did not enter ace Johnnie Munk in the butterfly, and captain Martie Chaffle responded with a victory...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Varsity Tankmen Rout Connecticut | 2/20/1969 | See Source »

UConn partisans had their thrills in the next event, the backstroke, an Pat Hoffman and Teddy Brindamour splashed to a sweep to narrow the Crimson advantage to 46-33. Unfortunately, the visitors could only muster two points in the remaining three races...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Varsity Tankmen Rout Connecticut | 2/20/1969 | See Source »

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