Word: sweeps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...finals, the home court advantage looms as a tremendous factor since the first two games will be played in Milwaukee. The Bucks are riding a torrid streak, having lost only one playoff game. If Oscar continues to play well and Jabbar chips in bucket after bucket, Milwaukee could easily sweep the first two games, creating an edge that the Celts may not be able to recover from...
...someone to lean a stool against a doorway to tell this story, lesson and example for future generations, so that not one of the world's disbelievers would be left who did not know the story of Big Mama because tomorrow, Wednesday, the garbage men will come and will sweep up the garbage from the funeral forever and ever...
...cautiously balanced set of Oscars that were handed out last week. The Sting sweep (best picture, best director, best original screenplay, four minor prizes) could have surprised only those who cling to the fantasy that Hollywood's Academicians enjoy rewarding controversy (The Exorcist), truth telling (Cries and Whispers, American Graffiti) or success that is merely modest (A Touch of Class). The best-actor and best-actress choices-Jack Lemmon and Glenda Jackson-were also safe and sane. He is a popular local boy; she is a remote great lady winning her second Oscar in three years. Youth...
...February, prices in the U.S. climbed 10%, and in that month they were sprinting up at a compounded annual rate of more than 16%. Inflation in the U.S. now outpaces the rates in 18 other countries, a development that Economist Otto Eckstein calls "a major historical event." The sweep and intensity of the price rises are reducing living standards in the U.S. just as surely as a recession does. In February, though wage hikes had pushed dollar income to a record high, the average American worker's spendable income bought 4.5% fewer goods and services than it did a year...
...sense of ensemble displayed throughout the work was extraordinary to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled with a sureness that evades most choral groups. The choir's conductor, John Ferris, produced a fine sweep of phrase. Entrances were always sure, from the very first Amen of the Deus in adjutorium...