Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...colonial garden party has been going on for a long time, and nobody appears to notice how the shadows are lengthening. The Japanese may be massing for a sweep down the Malay Peninsula, but here, in '30s Singapore, it all seems so far away. On these lush lawns the linen suits are crisp, the stengahs are icy, and the Malay and Chinese servants know their place (except for a spot of bother with Communist agitation). Surely that sun couldn't finally be setting on the Empire...
...Name the only non-starter to pitch for the Orioles in their World Series sweep...
...season-ending match, Fish figured, was cause for a celebration drink. They hadn't beaten powerhouse Princeton, and they hadn't won the league. But they had done pretty well, everyone thought. And, besides, the manager had helped the boys sweep Cornell...
Tracksters Lanny Tron and Dan Dvaric followed Pellegrini to register a sweep in the discus...
Freshman Adam Dixon, John Chafee and McNulty gave the thinclads another clean sweep in the (more or less) half-mile race...