Word: swath
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Tornadoes are the most violent of storms. Striking with little warning, they cut a narrow swath of almost complete destruction. Cars are hurled into the air and houses are splintered into kindling wood. By last week several outbreaks of tornadoes had already occurred in the South and Midwest, causing injuries and extensive damage. Indeed, about three-quarters of the world's tornadoes strike in the U.S., most of these in a belt nicknamed Tornado Alley that extends from Texas to Ohio and reaches as far east as the Appalachians and as far west as the Rockies. Since...
...Reed wrote in the Times magazine, are very different. Reagan's position on the Panama Canal: "We built it. We paid for it. It's ours." Says Bush: "I understand trying to break out of colonialism. I understand that you don't go out and cut a swath through another guy's country to build a canal. But I think it's of overriding importance that the United States keep its commitments, and that's the reason I oppose the treaty." On paper it may sound like so much politicizing but from the podium, the voters tell you, this...