Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Freshman squash team will give MIT a chance to recoup its earlier loss today, when the Yardlings meet the Engineers in the final half of an away home engagement. In the previous meeting, the Crimson scored a sweep of the five matches...
...highways that wind through mountains, cross rivers and sweep from coast to coast with no stops at barred frontiers...
Johnny Hynes's election gave Boston a long-needed chance for some political reform, and the mayor-elect hoped to oblige. First, he would sweep some 200 Curley appointees out of City Hall, including two of old Jim's sons. "Our city," said Hynes, "needs a new moral tone, a new atmosphere and a new outlook...
Saybrook bowled over Adams in the final contest of the afternoon yesterday, scoring once in each half. The Gold Coasters' one score came on a long march in the second period, with Rogor Davis and Walt Lubkeman doing most of the running. John Webb scored on an end sweep from four yards...
...Conant, still holding a bouquet to ward off unknowing handshakers, was discussing the impracticality of the President's House, as a home. "It was built by President Lowell whose idea of something grand was that spiral staircase over there. It's fine for allowing ladies to sweep down in a full skirt and a train, but it seems as if the staircase came first and the house as an after-thought." Someone asked her if she had occasion to sweep down with a train much, and she laughed and said not much. "Of course, this place is practical when...