Word: swathe
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...moment in early December, Donald Rumsfeld took the point in the hunt for Saddam Hussein. Leading a convoy of unmarked SUVs through the broad, flat streets of Kirkuk, he heads for an outpost of the 4th Infantry Division, which has been rolling up resisters in the most dangerous swath of Iraq, running north and west of Baghdad. Rumsfeld is warm and engaging as he enters the makeshift U.S. Army headquarters--hailing soldiers, shaking hands, working the room like the old Chicago pol he is. But after a few minutes his face darkens, and the more notorious Rumsfeld emerges. Sitting...
...through the Yard gates to earn them the title of “feeder schools,” and, on the other end of the spectrum, schools that do not regularly send seniors off to Harvard. And Harvard sends “search letters” to a wide swath of students based on SAT scores and self-reported grade point averages. Harvard alumni also visit middle schools across the country, particularly low-performing middle schools, to make “early awareness” visits...
...websites such as csacenter.org Many have waiting lists. At Brookfield Farm in Amherst, Mass., which serves more than 500 Boston-area homes, shareholders are raising $150,000 to build a new barn. At Watershed, subscribers bring lawn chairs just to sit and watch, beaming like proud parents over the swath of farmland they have saved from suburban sprawl. And at Huasna, families bond over garlic-popping parties--sitting on the Skinners' porch, sorting cloves for next year's planting and swapping recipes. "We're not just selling stuff," says Jenn Skinner. "We've put our heart, soul and sweat into...
...Ely’s tendency to keep to himself and to avoid the flamboyant public gesture might have prevented him from cutting as dashing a swath through this community as some of my more colorful colleagues manage to do,” Tribe wrote in an e-mail. “But for those of us who were lucky enough to be among this very private man’s real friends, his death leaves an enormous rip in the human tapestry...
...danger zones are also expanding. Attacks have been spreading beyond the Sunni triangle, the perilous swath stretching north and west from Baghdad that is the home turf of Saddam's supporters. Two weeks ago, the normally tranquil city of Kirkuk experienced a run of resistance fighters' nightly raids aimed at U.S. patrols and the local police who support them. U.S. and Iraqi officials fear that guerrillas from the triangle are trying to open a new front up north. Last week's violence in the Shi'ite stronghold of Baghdad's Sadr City, led by the rabble-rousing cleric Muqtada...