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...London, as depicted by Ackroyd, full of Maypoles and processions and founts of sacredness, a city in which each day was significant in God's calendar. More knew the King's marriage would shatter that order with the force of apocalypse. And he was right. His England was swept away in the ensuing years, replaced by one that disavowed the old pieties while hungering for them...
...asking me to remove a dam protecting months--even years--of accumulated knowledge. You might be swept away in the undertow if I really let my ideas...
Indeed, that is the situation this month. Tempel-Tuttle recently swept past Earth, swinging around the sun in February, and headed back toward the outer solar system. As a result, Earth will come within 700,000 miles of the center of the stream--a close shave by astronomical standards. And because Tempel-Tuttle orbits the sun in the opposite direction of Earth, the meteoroids will hurtle in at a closing speed of some 160,000 m.p.h...
...rising tide lifts all boats, and with the higher education trend throughout the country of increasing financial aid, Harvard may once again be swept away in greater grants...
...Harvard swept Colgate in the first round of the playoffs before dropping to Clarkson in the semifinals. The depth of the team as well as the added potential of freshmen such as Clark and defenseman Leif Ericson may help fulfill the hopes of Crimson hockey fans for an NCAA Tournament-bound season...