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...Clark Bain, Bob Blake and John Dineen didn't have to worry about comebacks as they trounced their opponents by identical 3-0 scores in slots two through five, respectively. Charlie Duffy, Steve Bakalar, Fraser Black and Kronfeld made the most of their starting opportunities as they completed the whitewash...

Author: By Ari M. Leiman, | Title: Racquetmen Smash MIT, Win 9-0, Remain Unbeaten | 2/12/1980 | See Source »

...woes which dragged their record back below .500, the icewomen's marginal campaign has to be considered a success. Their 2-3-1 Ivy record kept them in that race to the finish, and the 6-11-1 overall mark included a number of impressive performances: a 3-0 whitewash of Colgate, a 6-1 romp past Bowdoin, a 3-2 squeaker over Yale and the heartbreaking 6-5 overtime loss...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fischer, Reed Lead Young Icewomen | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...other hand, nothing in the Kemeny commission's conclusions suggests that the problems of safety are insurmountable, and the scorching tone of its criticisms ought to convince a public grown justifiably suspicious of nuclear reassurance that this report is no industry whitewash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Scathing Look at Nuclear Safety | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...beginning of the third round of bouts, which began with the score just 10-8, the sabre fencers provided the crucial spark. Gillette took the first third-round bout, ducking under Eli Rick Martin's blade and touching the Yalie in the mid-section to finish a 5-0 whitewash...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Crimson Fencers Slash Bulldogs, 17-10 Amid Controversy Concerning Touches | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...liberal theology's tendency to believe all human beings are good, warm creatures with a few bad wrinkles. As one who works with high school students, I find that kids won't buy this approach because it just isn't true. Not only does it whitewash thoughts, attitudes and emotions they know are wrong, but it also deprives them of the greatest blessing one can achieve: the realization of God's infinite love for a completely undeserving man. Where there is no sin there can be no forgiveness. Robert P. Beschel Jr. Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1979 | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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