Word: swathe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mercilessly pound the Chechen countryside wherever rebels might be hiding; paving the way for Russian ground troops. Since rebels often hide in villages, civilians have suffered greatly as a result of Russia's new casualty minimizing strategy. As the Russian army moves deeper into Chechnya, it leaves a swath of devastated villages, home to maimed and wounded civilians who receive little assistance because Russia has not allowed international aid agencies to operate in the area...
...antiglobalist message resonates across a broad swath of ideology, from the isolationist Buchananite right to a kaleidoscope of left-wing groups. "The WTO has brought about a harmonic convergence," said John Sellers, director of the Ruckus Society, as he trained a group of Berkeley students for civil disobedience last month. Forest activists, who have polished their skills blocking the logging of redwoods, will target U.S. efforts to slash worldwide tariffs on paper and pulp products...
...scenic designer or the least-sung usher in the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia." I can't vouch for the ushers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City, who are no less surly than usual, but mostly this Broadway revival gets into the right spirit. The set, a swath of brown prairie dominated by an expanse of blue sky, seems ready at any moment to disgorge the cast of Oklahoma!, and the story of a smooth-talking drifter named Starbuck who comes to a drought-plagued Western community and promises to bring rain is full of corn-fed blather...
Former Republican Pat Buchanan has stepped into the breach, claiming to be the sole defender of a swath of Americans whose interests have not been well represented by major candidates in either party. Specifically, Buchanan claims to represent blue collar workers, the urban poor and others who, despite their hard work, have been left behind during the spurt of economic growth...
...basics are simple: right foot, left foot, repeat as desired. But as anyone who had to cut a swath through regatta spectators this past weekend can attest, it's a jungle out there. To aid the National Geographic Explorer in all of us, here are the four most prolific inhabitants of this particular ecosystem...