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Word: unswept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...success in "overturning the global counterrevolutionary strategy of U.S. imperialism." But even Linh could not overlook the signs of decay around him. In Ho Chi Minh City (pop. 3.5 million) the walls of many houses are cracked, and the electricity supply is a sometime thing. Thousands sleep on the unswept sidewalks, and official corruption is said to be worse than it ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam a Gathering of Ghosts | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...every story she told had to do with a train or a bus station." The three settle into a land of amiable anarchy. They eat what and when they please: "Sylvie liked cold food, sardines aswim in oil, little fruit pies in paper envelopes." Leaves and debris gather unswept in the corners of rooms; piles of old newspapers, magazines, tin cans and bottles begin mounting in the parlor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Castaways | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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