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Word: swept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cambridge Fire Department's arson unit is investigating the fire that swept through a Quincy House suite December 30, the Fire Department said earlier this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arson Unit Investigates Fire in Quincy House | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

Tomorrow night, the cagers will entertain Princeton, which swept Harvard a year ago and held the Crimson to a mere 87 total points in the two meetings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cagers Open Ivy Slate Tonight | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...this road trip has always been a difficult one for the Crimson, as it has swept the New Yorkers on the road only twice, in 1973-'74 and again in 1984-'85. Overall, the icemen are only 3-10-1 at Clarkson's Walker Arena...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Streaking Icemen Hit the Road | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...years ago, the Penn-Princeton weekend set the Briggs attendance record. A combined total of 5900 jammed the arena as Harvard was swept by its southern foes to end its 1984-'85 Ivy title hopes...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Runnin' Crimson | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

Gorbachev last year also put his mark on Soviet domestic affairs. In the spring he presided over the 27th Communist Party Congress, which endorsed his plans for "acceleration and restructuring" of the bureaucracy-bound economy. More important, the Congress swept out nearly half of the Central Committee's 307 members and gave Gorbachev a solid majority on the twelve-man Politburo. The top echelons of both the state and party apparatus are now staffed by people who share Gorbachev's activist policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mikhail Gorbachev | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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