Word: swept
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fast of Tisha B'Ab, to lament the two destructions of the Temple. So old are those stones that, looking at them, one can reconstruct the scene of the first destruction when in 586 B. C. the Chaldeans, sword and armor glittering in the bright sun, swept through the Holy City, razed the Temple. Another scene was in 70 A. D. when the Roman Titus and his grizzled legionaries forced their way inch by inch to the heart of Jerusalem, burned the Second Temple. Slowly the Jewish officer walked by the wall, only remnant of the ancient Temple, reflecting...
When intermittent storms did come, they were destructive. In Connecticut two million dollars worth of broad-leaf tobacco was shredded to ruin by a terrific hail storm. Sudden cloudbursts in Iowa in undated crops, swept away roads and bridges, delayed trains...
...Duke of Abercorn. Rapidly they took their places until all the chairs at the Directors' table were full except one-the one ostentatiously left vacant by Viscount St. Davids. As the room quieted to a deadly hush, Baron Kylsant glanced sharply at the vacant chair, frowned, then swept the room with penetrating gaze until his eyes met those of Viscount St. Davids. Tycoon glared at tycoon, brother at brother. The seconds felt like hours. Then Baron Kylsant nodded sharply, pointed imperatively to the empty chair. Neither brother spoke. They are not on speaking terms. But Tycoon Kylsant...
Cast and Robert Wood, in the Sikorsky called 'Untin' Bowler, were at Port Burwell, Labrador, last week, trying to get away, detained by bad weather. Crushing ice damaged their anchored ship. A half-gale swept it to sea, a total loss...
Somehow 150 men fought to the top of Mount Tamalpais, saved historic Tamalpais Tavern. Blistering, snapping at every twig and leaf, the flames swept down into Blythedale Canyon and toward fine homes, set on the knees of the mountain...