Word: whitewashed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...resident of the City of Boston, I was offended by the recent article in What Is To Be Done, "Southie Solipsisms." The article stereotyped South Bostonians as a bunch of racist, ignorant derelicts and perpetuated the misconceptions concerning a strong, vibrant community. My letter is not an attempt to whitewash the racial violence that has occurred in South Boston but instead to criticize anyone who seeks to rubber-stamp communities or people as belonging to a certain mold...