Word: sweep
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...Massachusetts, the hunger is not fueled by the sweep-the-bum-out mentality that is rattling other incumbents. Rather, it is a vague sense that Kennedy's time is up. Months before Romney gained his lock on the Republican candidacy, veteran G.O.P. pollster Richard Wirthlin came up with some surprising statistics: while 43% of voters favored Kennedy's re-election, 50% did not. "His numbers are perfectly good," says Boston Globe pollster Gerry Chervinsky, "but half the people think it's time for a change." And a poll released last week by the Globe shows that while 52% of voters...
...police attacks on Aristide supporters in the first days of last week, not participated in the negotiations? Why did the agreement provide for a "general amnesty" and speak of "honorable retirement" for dictators and U.S. military cooperation with the Haitian armed forces? None of that sounded like the clean sweep of the monsters that Clinton had promised just a few days before...
Aiding Barry's chances is the weakness of the opposition. Kelly won office with a promise to sweep the city clean of the corruption and mismanagement that plagued Barry's last years in power. But critics say she has done little to cure the ills of Washington, where a third of the population is on public assistance. The homicide rate is only modestly lower than in 1989, when Washington earned the title "Murder Capital of the U.S."; fire-code violations may delay the opening of many D.C. public schools; and Congress, which acts as overseer to the D.C. government...
...these companies are warily watching the telecommunications bill now in Congress, which would sweep away 60 years of regulations and create the legal framework for the industry in the 21st century. The measure, which passed the House in June and won Senate Commerce Committee approval three weeks ago, would permit the Bells to offer cable-TV and long-distance services to all their customers. But Bell lobbyists plan to attack any version that delays the Bells' entry into the long-distance market until after cable companies have first invaded the local phone business...
...lion skins." The location of the palace, and the vast size of Kublai's grounds, can be traced today, with the help of guides from China's Bureau of Relics. It is the ghost of magnificence; only a few shards of colored tile can still be found in the sweep of grassland. Not far away, Chinese industrialization crowds...