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My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie.

If a restructuring had been agreed a year ago, such a sweeping default could have been avoided.

Hardly had we got to the top of our office building when a new wave came, sweeping down all the low houses and trees.

AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence.

Richard Nixon has so far shown himself hostile to any sweeping efforts to help blacks catch up with whites.

Speaking at a signing ceremony he said it was "the most sweeping recovery package in our history" .

'How can I know who I am, when I am all this? ' he said, sweeping the surroundings with a gesture of his head.

in fact, it was almost as if someone were running along ahead of them, sweeping the place clean.

A 17th-century French naval commander was shocked to see a Dutch captain sweeping out his own quarters.

Andrews. For Keiser, it's an opportunity for millions of golfers to see the dunes and sweeping ocean views that links golf is all about.

International financial markets have been upended by three sweeping shifts in just a few weeks.

But I would hesitate to make such a sweeping and ill-informed statement as you.

I stood in the wind sweeping them into the bottom of the darkest corner.

Her stunning blush strapless floor-sweeping gown with floral embroidered details was worn with a superior elegance that only a few possess.

Meanwhile, negotiations over a "grand bargain" to eliminate America's gaping deficits seem to hinge on sweeping tax reform.

It was one of the most sweeping indictments of American capitalism ever drawn by a middle-class group.

She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and pushing the sweeping-brush under the bed.

Whoever becomes the next president, Democrat or Republican, will find that it is not so easy to make immediate and sweeping changes.

The method of "Mechanical sweeping lines" can be used for improving the surface quality of aluminium profiles.

A woman sweeping off her doorsteps said to another woman: "For a long time, there has been a strong force busy making cartridges. "

People speak of thousands of years, sweeping their arms in the air to emphasize the awesomeness of this length of time.

An American guidebook that he had picked up in France had said that he would be afforded a wide, sweeping view of the city from there.

The old couple told him that today was the Tomb Sweeping Day, so they came to see their daughter.

The water was deep, but she lifted her white body and reached out with a long, sweeping stroke.

Going through a sweeping reflection of the whole situation, I decided to leave him!

Ask him whether he thinks he can get a sweeping agreement and he says he would not be making the effort if he did not.

How to maintain a stable middle class amid sweeping technological change is a problem the developed world is only beginning to appreciate.

Then, I pointed to the corner with a broom in sweeping the dust out of it.

A powerful storm system is sweeping across the states from west to east and severe thunderstorms are expected to be part of it.

The feeling, when your long hair is flowing in the wind and sweeping in my face, is so smooth that i can enjoy a temporary inner peace.

Her eyes went to the procession of cars sweeping up to the front door.

And, with bonus season fast approaching, he took one final, sweeping aim at the high rollers of "casino capitalism" .

We are in the early days and do not know enough to make sweeping recommendations.

Standing at the edge of the smooth rolled sand you could look up in the empty stands and see old women sweeping out the boxes.

The sense of alarm sweeping Toyota found a voice last October.

A future temporary networks would seem to run counter to the wave of mergers sweeping the global economy.

This sweeping panorama is one of the sharpest infrared pictures ever made of the galactic center region.

Earlier today I had the privilege of visiting the China Pavilion , with its sweeping panorama of a great nation.

First, the bank, and others, should beware sweeping generalisations about the impact of food prices on the poor.

Months of big OPEC production cuts have been a primary factor for the sweeping recovery in crude prices.

He gave people brash game shows and imported soaps, sweeping away the fusty piety that had previously dominated the media.

I also find it helpful to clear my desk, even if that means sweeping miscellaneous papers into a folder to be sorted through later.

The White House also oversaw a furious public relations effort to sell the sweeping package of energy reforms as a jobs creation programme.

Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. . .

Compared with the newer energy technologies that are now sweeping the world, however, they look old-fashioned and a bit frumpy.

"It's not rare to find somebody on all fours sweeping the up the dust and hoping to find that piece, " she said.

Usually I take my family back twice a year, at Lunar New Year and for the Tomb Sweeping Festival.

Since the humanity has settled down, as something can keeps out sweeping winds and rain, the door has emerged.

Sweeping change would also need the support of seven provincial governments representing at least half of the population.

In the U. S. , the Federal Bureau of Investigation has conducted sweeping searches as part of a continuing probe into various attacks.

Mark made what I would consider a somewhat sweeping statement: Namely, that investing too early was the same as being wrong.

It had sweeping grasslands and alpine mountains, like snow covered, serious Himalayan style alpine mountains.

It was going to be a very formal affair , white tie and tails for the men , sweeping gowns for the women .

India is caught up in a wave of investor interest sweeping through the region.

This radiation and solar wind began to push out the remaining dust and gas of the nebula, sweeping the Solar system clean.

It gives the army sweeping powers, including that of investigation, search, arrest and detention.

Then a belt of fog over to the left became almost silvery, because somewhere along there all the searchlights were sweeping the sky.

Adding surfactant will be able to improve solution's viscoelasticity and sweeping volume as well.

Mr Sadr has told all his politicians to spend a day sweeping the streets to stay in touch with the poor.

Those men are cruelly known as "dead wet leaves" , whose wives have trouble sweeping them out of the home.

Yet he notes that this had advantages: sweeping away inefficient industries and driving down living costs.

The frequency of sweeping depends on the need in a particular area, and ranges from once a day to eight times a day round the clock.

The economic crisis sweeping the globe, as a pillar of the national economy, steel industry suffered a great deal.

More than a year ago, President Obama signed into law a series of sweeping sanctions cumulatively aimed at throttling Iran's energy sector.

It is now a matter of sweeping up after them, and bringing in the long awaited changes that will enrich people's lives.

Romance is neither the Fabio hair nor a grand, sweeping moment with a crescendo of music and flowers raining from the sky.

The Senate Finance Committee approved a sweeping health care bill last week that did not include a public option.

By sweeping a laser along the pipe to change the local wave speed, physicists might be able to create a horizon.

Frances remembers sitting in his condo reading articles about this new epidemic of Asperger's that was sweeping the nation.

Should this pass, and a new president be elected, he would then be "invited" to oversee more sweeping constitutional changes.

With grades like this, you're going to be sweeping streets someday.

If I had worked harder at school I would be sitting in a comfortable office now; I wouldn't be sweeping the streets.

And I'm not really a sweeping sort of fella.

It comes at a time of mounting concern among liberals about the rising tide of protectionism sweeping Europe.

Bottles of mineral water and the repeated concerns have finally agglomerated into a huge warmth sweeping this city.

At this very moment she felt anxiety sweeping away and life current's flowing strongly from her heart.

Mr Bainimarama insists that sweeping electoral reforms have to be enacted before the next polls.

Tom pushed his way to the gate of the club by sweeping others aside.

The boy is now sweeping away the snow, his hands numb with cold.

My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window.

Informationization is sweeping all over the world and bringing the great changes of the teaching technology.

The Buddhist feels the energy rushing into him from the Universe and lets himself be driven in great sweeping movements through the clouds.

The only problem is, those sweeping waves always wash off the weakest member of the crew.

He says it would be better to do less than the near term when sweeping cuts will hamper economic growth.

we have to do cleaning, sweeping male students and female students to paint on the door.

"Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, " I pity you too.

Three people have so far been killed in the storms sweeping across the north of England and Southern Scotland.

Most MPs explained their votes in terms of sweeping away once and for all the parties' powers of patronage.

Her reign led to the War of the Ancients and the Sundering , after which night elf society underwent sweeping change.

At least 26 people have died in a cold wave sweeping through northern India, the country's state broadcaster Doordarshan News says.

Her reign led to the War of the Ancients and the Sundering , after which night elf society underwent sweeping change.

At least 26 people have died in a cold wave sweeping through northern India, the country's state broadcaster Doordarshan News says.

The financial crisis sweeping the globe, to no trace of a bull market, domestic investors enjoy the instant power of sudden situation.

Requirement: A few streaks in the sweeping area are allowable and will not affect the range of vision. No streaks are much more favorable.

At the expansive Barnes & Noble store in Manhattan's Union Square, the changes sweeping the company and the industry are on full display.

Half of all transaction deposits do not appear in M1 [the money supply] due to retail deposit sweeping.

Sustainability: This environmental trend is sweeping through California wineries, and has led to the creation of many organic wines.

In its stead is a fast-growing movement that is sweeping away the dark and its twisted thinking.

And in a sense, it's fitting that such a sweeping, emotional issue has arisen from this tiny slice of New York City.

Evison spent most of his life hiking and camping on the Olympic Peninsula and he brings his experience to the book's sweeping descriptions.

Evison spent most of his life hiking and camping on the Olympic Peninsula and he brings his experience to the book's sweeping descriptions.

Even the Mongols, sweeping in off the northern plains, took to the sea in their attempts to conquer Java and Japan.

Why has object-oriented programming had such a sweeping impact on the software development community?

If this seems like too sweeping a statement, it may be that you've never tried to resist a government program.

In fact, the most sweeping change that he insisted upon in his Politico interview could be nothing less than a constitutional revolution.

The current crisis in capitalism, she believes, strengthens her call for a sweeping change in how the world tackles poverty.

street sweeping is an essential part of keeping the city clean . sweepers can be seen working from daybreak until late evening.

And past it scuttle a pair of uniformed women, diligently sweeping already spotless slabs of concrete.

In some ant armies, there can be millions of expendable troops sweeping forward in a dense swarm that's up to 100 feet wide.

They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office.

They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office.

The wind was still sweeping along the beach .

But a hefty dose of realism is in order amid all the yuan-internationalization mania now sweeping some corners of Asia.

Now, as soon as he beheld her, his first precaution was to take a sweeping survey of the house front.

Some day in winter, I saw your jacket sweeping out of the Jack Frost of severe winter, the wild road, the inky midnight.

We should respect our elders, " parried the man. And with that, he gestured with a sweeping motion indicating the way for the woman. "

But the sweeping changes required by the EU and IMF are unlikely to happen, at least in the medium-term.

His voice was soft and smooth, soaring romantically over the sweeping keyboards and guitars of his 12-person backup band.

You might expect a military junta with sweeping powers to have kept up the fight against such illicit activity.

The international financial crisis that originated in the Wall Street is sweeping across the globe.

Between dusting and sweeping the master's classrooms, Issa kept notes of all that he learned.

President Obama dismissed arguments put forward by republic opponents that arrange of less sweeping measures that would be enough.

History is usually a "good girl" . She often gives a warning shot before sweeping away the past.

Does it happen today when a Cyclone roars into Bangladesh, drowning families and sweeping the housing out to sea?

The new charter will give sweeping rights to the country's 36 indigenous groups (some of whom number only a few hundred people).

And leaf fine 2 folk fluently hit the floor chart this sweeping of district a time of, experience pours to also ascend immediately.

Took a long time before I finished, came out, see my father in sweeping, I father said: "Dad, let me scan for a while? "

It could be sharp, forceful, and determined like the tango, or languid and sweeping like the waltz.

The democratic wave sweeping across the Arab world won't tolerate US complicity in Israel's decades-long oppression of the Palestinians.

Critics call this scaremongering and fear that the White House will gain unnecessarily sweeping powers.

What changed over the last half decade was both the extent and the brutality of the violence sweeping across Mexico.

But the sweeping changes required by the EU and the IMF are unlikely to happen, at least in the short term.

He made a sweeping gesture with his arm.

We have done so, and this has added urgency to the sweeping administrative, managerial, and technical reforms being introduced at WHO.

I also know the lowest state: Not sweeping up the dust of the era in which one lives or not sweeping up the dust of ones inside body.

The children are cleaning the classroom . Some are sweeping the floor , others are cleaning the window .

But with the historic changes sweeping through the Arab world, it's illuminating to go back and read his argument today.

They fly just above the surface of the water, sweeping the liquid with their feet and catching prey with their curved claws.

Even despite the economic challenges sweeping over the world, the United States has a well-deserved financial stability reputation.

Rather than draw sweeping conclusions, Fallows sticks to her own experiences and observations, which makes her book all the more valuable.

As of its own compulsion, the car slowed as we passed the chapel with its low, sweeping eaves.

While watching TV at home, try to stand up and do a light household task, like changing a light bulb, sweeping or cooking.

Sweeping talk of a free-trade area is one thing; negotiating a deal quite another, requiring an attack on entrenched lobbies.

Other studies make a slightly less sweeping claim: that adding wind power to the grid can reduce the overall cost of electricity.

I was sweeping the hearth, and I noticed a mischievous smile on her lips.

And supervisors are far from finished in pushing for more sweeping reforms to improve the soundness of the financial system.

However, the truth must come out which will help you understand why the changes will be so sweeping.

Originally considered a caretaker leader, the mayor of Lille led the party to a sweeping victory at regional elections earlier this year.

The British Prime Minster Gordon Brown has warned a Joint Session of the US Congress that an economic hurricane is sweeping the world.

It is the small unit of friends that provides the meaning of war to most veterans, not the sweeping generalisations of the politicians.

The most simple method is to eliminate the electrostatic charge and followed by a sweeping with a brush.

The financial crisis sparked off in the U. S. is pushing capitalism to the verge of collapse, sweeping the whole capitalist economy .

Given the active role that the state still plays in the economy, the change may be as sweeping for business as it is for politics.

Raul Castro has stressed that the focus of the meeting will be sweeping economic changes to the Soviet-style economy.

And PC Magazine isn't the only one taking note of this sweeping trend. . .

Context: the general, sweeping character of exhortation.

You know it was Tomb-sweeping Day in China, so I decided to go to the cemetery there on purpose.

The summit concluded with common affirmation that the EU's single market was part of the solution to the economic crisis sweeping Europe.

Lazy sweeping improves the response time of the garbage collector and increases its throughput.

This is the time of year when blasts of Arctic air start sweeping across Mongolia's steppe, ushering in the long, hard winter.

"It's a phenomenon that's sweeping the world; a huge number of these systems are being installed, " Mr. Younger said.

It has been more a year since I left home. It is in the Tomb-sweeping day that I came back home.

Some boys are cleaning the door, some are sweeping the floor, and others are playing outside.

Reducing the silt entrance to the paved road and sweeping the road are the main measures of road dust controlling.

On top of this, sweeping technological change, immigration, and imports have made conditions difficult for undereducated workers.

A group of Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday by ignoring orders to attend a vote.

China and New Zealand signed a sweeping free trade agreement Monday, the rising economic giant's first such pact with a developed country.

The council promised sweeping reforms, a swift return to stability and a prompt transition to elected civilian rule.

Sweeping of the tenure area is not done concurrently under gencon, but as part of the main tenure collection.

Dropping the first seven while sweeping the back end may not be ideal but it may end up a reality.

The solution of three-dimensional solid sweeping can be realized through restricting the forms and moving characteristics of objects.

Consequently, by the middle of last week, some banks started shutting credit lines to a sweeping list of institutions.

Syphilis was almost eradicated from China in the 1950s with a sweeping programme of antibiotics and brothel shutdowns.

The crinoline of her dark flammulated dress swirled and swayed, sweeping into every corner of the stage.

A tide of change and freedom is sweeping through each nation, together with a deep conviction that you are not alone.

You can scroll through lists of files by sweeping your finger up and down the screen.

And as China prepares for sweeping leadership changes late next year, many in Taiwan believe it is unlikely to be in a mood for conflict.

THAT THERE IS SUCH A COLDNESS SWEEPING THE LAND?

Asset securitization increased sharply systemic risks in financial markets, and led to sweeping the global financial crisis.

He did several sweeping low-level banked passes as well as his trademark aerobatic routine complete with smoke from the wingtip canisters.

The next first half year will be another collection of short holidays, Tomb-sweeping Day, and Dragon-boat Festival included.

Poetry had become a kind of Wall Street of the soul, full of pushy young brokers intent on sweeping the old guard into the gutter.

The speech comes at a pivotal moment in Senate negotiations over a sweeping measure to re-regulate the financial industry.

The proposals will be investigated by Lord Browne in a sweeping review of higher education, to be published in the autumn.

Troops are sweeping through towns across the province in pursuit of what they claim are "armed gangs" .

The utility model has the advantages of good performance, one object with multifunction, convenient sweeping and strong drain capacity.

Despite all the sweeping talk about it, Twitter isn't the maker of political revolutions, but the vanguard of a media one.

oh, help. i think i hear them now and i'm no-where near finished sweeping and scrubbing and polishing the floor .

a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument.

The rationale is simple: chimney-sweeping and related gas and heating maintenance in Germany are treated as a matter of public safety.

Colors in this well-composed, cosmic portrait, highlight plentiful, young, bluish star clusters along the galaxy's sweeping spiral arms.

The sweeping changes that are required will only happen when it is acknowledged that the old ways are no longer workable.

Unitedly they believe that the current global economic system is not working and the sweeping changes are urgently needed.

Morakot struck the Philippines before making landfall at Taiwan late on Friday and sweeping across the island on Saturday.

Three people have so far been killed in the storms sweeping across northern of England and southern of Scotland.

Napa's neighbor is smaller in terms of wine production, but has highly sought-after wines and sweeping vistas.

As with the mark phase, the cost of sweeping dead objects back into the free memory pool can't be completely predicted.

He would appear in the doorway, gray fedora pulled low over his face, his eyes sweeping the room for any sign of trouble.

Few statements in biology have been as sweeping as the 'Central Dogma of Molecular Biology': DNA makes RNA makes protein.

His wife and son were also indicted in the sweeping case .

One gave the president, rather than the legislature, sweeping powers to appoint judges and prosecutors, pending their popular election.

At least 25 people have died in a cold snap sweeping across northern India.

The UFO eye-witness said th was walking when he caught of a "firing ball" sweeping by.

I was proud to help lead the fight in Congress that led to the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate.

At least a dozen street-cleaners worked feverishly with their brooms, sweeping up broken glass.

Her voice is as gentle as breeze, the spring breeze at dusk sweeping across the lake far on the top of remote mountain.

This sweeping generalization is the law of conservation of energy.

Mr Anwar's sweeping victory in a by-election last month heightened the speculation that he was on track to keep his promise.

The New Jersey Supreme Court, acknowledging a "troubling lack of reliability in eyewitness identifications, " issued sweeping new rules. . .

When a planar shock wave is sweeping a density layer, the deformation of the density interface and the wave configurations can occur.

Tomb-sweeping day will come, according to the general office of the state council about 2011 part holiday arranges inform learned.

He says the international financial system needs sweeping reforms and that for them to work, Asia needed to be "on board. "

As Americans, it is in our character to promote democracy and sweeping political reform all over the world.

Yet the two disciplines have been combined to create the latest craze sweeping fitness studios across America - upside down yoga.

The tide of globalization is sweeping across the human society. A structural change is taking place profoundly in the world.

The Tomb Sweeping Festival is not only a chance to remember the dead members, but a short break for people still alive.

In accounts of the political unrest sweeping through the Middle East, one factor, inflation, deserves more attention.

A sedan covered with wickers atop amid a throng is a sure sign that the sedan rider is just coming back home from tomb sweeping.

The second is to impose sweeping Irish-style smoking bans; only 5% of the global population is now covered by such curbs.

Boeing's chairman, Jim McNerney, hailed "a landmark decision and a sweeping legal victory" .

I realize that I've made some sweeping generalizations in this column, and you may disagree with me.

With his sweeping Tolstoyan forehead, he is instantly recognisable as a member of the distinguished Tolstoy clan.

It may be a specific word of conviction but never sweeping statements made by our enemy.

a sweeping agreement in which Microsoft has invested far greater resources than in its other handset partnerships.

But Bahrain is itself pioneering a sweeping reform of its labour market, designed to make foreign labour more expensive.

After hardening, surplus sand shall be removed by grinding, sweeping and vacuum cleaning, then the levelling compound is applied.

Today, just two years after a sweeping Democratic victory, the tea-party movement is poised to redraw the landscape again.

When he sees me sweeping the carpet, when he sees what a cloud of dust I raise, he begins to cluck like a pygmy.

A separate agreement with the Taliban in Swat last February collapsed within weeks, presaging a sweeping summer offensive by the military.

When it comes to the sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws that Congress is considering this year, the answer is everything.

The cyclone lifted a vast mass of sea-water and hurled it on low-lying villages on the delta, sweeping away tens of thousands of people.

it was very difficult with these skates to do anything but move in a straight line and perhaps make wide sweeping turns.

Local Chinese party secretaries exercise sweeping control over the local media, legislatures and courts.

Like sweeping brushstrokes of pink and green, the Belcher Islands meander across the deep blue of Canada's Hudson Bay.

Sweeping emergency measures adopted by the Japanese authorities have helped to avert a feared credit crisis, recent developments show.

A multi-wavelength investigation has revealed previously undetected spiral arms sweeping across the outskirts of spiral galaxy M94's disk.

The Pentagon, in a report to Congress this year, said that the pace and scale of China's military reform "are broad and sweeping. "

And now catastrophic fires sweeping Russia give a taste of what climate change may bring to that bread basket.

Last Tuesday was Tomb Sweeping Day. This traditional Chinese holiday is a time for showing respect and filial piety to our ancestors.

The frequency of sweeping depends on the needs of the area and ranges from once a day to eight times a day.

World leaders unveiled a set of sweeping plans on Saturday aimed at tackling the ever-expanding economic crisis.

A rare cold front is sweeping most parts of China, bringing thick fog and heavy snow, the meteorological department warned.

Indeed, a wave of "low-carbon cities" is sweeping across the land.

With the arrival of the Tomb Sweeping Day, some environmentally-friendly types of green burials were mentioned again.

China has announced a new round of charter flights with Taiwan for an upcoming traditional Chinese grave-sweeping festival.

Also, her support for sweeping presidential powers in the war on terror alarms civil libertarians.

In another vignette, he portrays his pal sweeping the pieces off a chessboard in fury when he lost yet another game to Mr Allen.

The allies turned defeat into a sweeping and shining victory.

By using only slightly more sophisticated sweeping techniques, we will be able to cache well over 90% of our page hits, and perhaps more.

But he has little hope of such a sweeping change coming any time soon .