Word: upsweep
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fencing team has been on the upsweep since its initial loss to Cornell, and has won the last three matches in quick succession. They cross with Columbia in the Blockhouse at 2:30 o'clock...
...heaving, welcome-shouting crowd that followed them hour by hour. Both were sartorially splendid; both made Protean clothes-changes. The Duchess had her hair done by Hairdresser Emile on one side and Emile Jr. on the other. The Emiles reported no grey hairs on either side; achieved a soft upsweep wave over the ears that fetched applause from newshens. The Duke, wrote the male press, looked 20 years younger than his 47. The Duchess, while not photogenic, wrote the feminine press, was much more attractive than her 45. The scurrying, roaring crowds saw little but a flash of a bareheaded...
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