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Word: sweeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Completing a Harvard squash sweep yesterday, the Crimson J.V.s traveled to Exeter and came away with a 5-2 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen, J.V. Squash Teams Demolish Amherst Contingent | 12/12/1974 | See Source »

...regret is that I may have caused pain to the splendid Lady Churchill," he said, adding generously, "Had we a greatly corrupted great man like Churchill, I would come back and live in Britain, pay taxes and if necessary, sweep the streets." ∎ "These days nobody expects Miss World to be a blue-eyed virgin," said Julia Morley of the British organization, Mecca Ltd., that runs the annual contest. She should know. Last year's Miss World, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana, was dethroned by Mecca after 14 weeks because her busy love life was grabbing the headlines. This year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 9, 1974 | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

...Harvard skaters bombarded the three different Boston State goalies with 57 shots. The goaltending reached an afternoon low when a State net minder attempted to sweep a dribbling shot from the red line to the side only to watch it slip between his legs...

Author: By Charles Coolidge, | Title: Crimson J.V. Trounces Boston State | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

Junior Bill Okerman was the meet's only double winner as he captured the 100-yard run and led a Harvard sweep of the one-mile run. His times were 2:20.2 and 4:21.3 respectively...

Author: By Hugh M. Nesbit, | Title: Track Team Bombs B.U., Captures 10 of 12 Events In 93-20 Winter Opener | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

...planet of the solar system, the radio message constituted a small act of faith on behalf of all humankind. It expressed the conviction that we are not alone, that the joy and anguish of intelligent life are not an isolated accident on earth but have occurred often in the sweep of the universe. It also embodied the faith that humanity will survive, since it will be at least 48,000 years before our descendants can expect any answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Hello Out There! | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

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