Word: swept
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Josephine's tragedy is the tragedy of central Africa. AIDS has swept across the midsection of the continent like an ancient curse, and will soon have extended its reach through most of western and southern Africa. In Uganda the number of AIDS victims is doubling every four to six months. Says Dr. Samuel Okware, the Ministry of Health official in charge of Uganda's AIDS prevention program: "In the year 2000, one in every two sexually active adults will be infected." The Geneva-based World Health Organization estimates that 2 million to 5 million Africans are now carriers...
Harvard was swept down South last year, falling 84-71 in Philadelphia and 77-44 in Princeton. Only once, in 1984-85, has the Crimson swept the Quakers and Tigers on the road...
...Harvard wrestling team swept five individual bouts from the heavily favored Cornell squad, while losing just four, and tying one Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y.; yet when the meet was over the scoreboard read: Cornell 23, Harvard...
Harvard sophomore Jenny Greene swept the diving competition, breaking three records in the process. On the one-meter board, Greene's total of 305 points bested both pool and team marks, the latter by over 20 points...
...that precarious balancing act could collapse if the trade deficit continues to pile up at its present pace. Unless the decline of the dollar slashes the deficit soon, the Reagan Administration's measured trade initiative could be swept away by the more vociferous forces of outright protectionism...