Bitterly cold temperatures stretched from the Dakotas to New England, sweeping down into the Ohio Valley.

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The government says it will impose sweeping monetary and other changes to pull down Turkey's chronic inflation (65% a year, at last count) and runaway interest rates.

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When economies are depressed, sweeping labour-market changes tend to bring down employment rather than raise it.

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Advocates say the sweeping expansion will widen the risk pool for insurers and bring down costs for everyone.

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England's response was swift, sweeping downfield with a smart move but they could not break down a belligerent South African defence.

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Again Hassan was the scorer, sweeping home a marvellous goal from the edge of the penalty area after great play by Abdelhaliem Ali down the right hand side.

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