Word: swept
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Aging bridges are particularly prevalent in Vermont, where a flood in 1927 swept away roughly half of the state's picturesque covered bridges. The steel spans that replaced them are past their expected life of 50 years, meaning that most are already in need of replacement. Meanwhile, loads across them are severely restricted. In the multiriver region of metropolitan Pittsburgh, 1,129 of the 5,000 or so bridges require repairs that would cost more than $1 billion. When loads over the Thompson Run Bridge in suburban Duquesne were reduced to five tons in 1978, the United States Steel...
...torpedoed by Germany without warning and dozens of Americans had died. He had contended that the U.S. was "too proud to fight" and "so right" that it did not need to use force. Theodore Roosevelt had a word for Wilson's position: yellow. Wilson and America then were swept along by events...
...undo quietly some of the excesses of his predecessor's final days in office. While respecting López Portillo's decision to take over the country's banks, he may try to divest the state of nonfinancial enterprises controlled by the banks that were also swept up in the nationalization move. In his inaugural address De la Madrid said that the government would support the "legitimate rights and incentives" of "responsible" entrepreneurs. The statement was seen as an endorsement of private enterprise, although De la Madrid also insisted that businessmen be socially responsible...
...Socialists, reducing military spending represents a sharp turnabout. When Mitterrand was swept into power last year, he delighted France's NATO allies, and mollified suspicious right-wing opponents at home, by making it clear that he would strengthen the nation's defense effort. At a time when most of the allies were cutting back, Mitterrand proposed a hefty 17.6% increase in defense spending for 1982, or nearly 4% after inflation. Since then, the gray realities of recession have taken their toll. Defense Minister Charles Hernu, relying on a government decree, hacked a total of $2.5 billion from...
When the Turnhalle Alliance swept the elections under that constitution, Kapuuo as the president-elect, that hope seemed about to become a reality. We even talked about taking the long trip to Africa for his inauguration...