Word: swept
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After dropping a 9-3 decision at Army Friday and losing, 5-1, to Cornell's Greg Myers in Saturday's opener, the Crimson was in danger of getting swept on the season's final weekend when Allard knocked Brad Bauer home from second in the top of the fourth for a 1-0 Harvard lead. A Danny Skaff single sent Allard to third moments later, and when Jay Kobylarz. Cornell's classy southpaw, went into his stretch for the 0-2 delivery to Joe Wark. Skaff broke for second and Allard broke home on a delayed double steal...
With political minefields like these littering Capitol Hill, it is not surprising that Reagan has requested a hold on legislation involving the emotional social issues that interest his conservative backers. Yet that tactical decision members might just be swept aside- and by members of his own party in Congress unable or unwilling to wait. Indeed, Reagan may discover in the coming months that his efforts to reach a consensus in Congress on a variety of issues may be scuttled not so much by recalcitrant Democrats as by conservative idealogues on his own side of the aisle...
Harvard then swept the first two doubles matches, and defaulted in the third after Schulman complained of injuries...
...since Lévesque's Parti Quebecois first swept to power 4½ years ago had there been such a spontaneous outpouring of French-Canadian nationalism. Coming only eleven months after voters delivered a resounding non in a referendum on the issue of Quebec separatism, the election amounted to political rebirth for Lévesque. It seemed to establish his party's vision of an independent Quebec as a driving force in national as well as provincial politics. Said the victor: "We are no longer an accident of history...
...fact, Gretzky contributed to eleven of the Oilers' 15 goals against the third-ranked Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. That performance forced hockey's class act into amateurish mistakes and French expletives, as Edmonton swept the series in three games. Says Sather of his center: "A guy like him should be a national treasure. There's no limit to what...