Western music swept the country and fed into both Japanese folk and high culture styles.
Robinson's plans have been disrupted somewhat by the torrential rain that has swept the country this week.
At least 40 people have been killed as deadly clashes swept the country after the verdict was announced.
The subtle Berlusconisation of Italy may help to explain a trend that has swept the country in the past 12 months.
Shortly afterwards, a scandal involving Mr Lee's two sons swept the country when it was revealed that both had been excused compulsory military service.
His party rode high on the wave of nationalism that swept the country after the kidnapping in February of the Kurdish guerrilla leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
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Tymoshenko, the heroine of the Orange Revolution that swept the country in 2004 and 2005, has been in prison since last October for alleged abuse of office.
Those elections were set for early January, but postponed amid the turbulence that swept the country after the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December.
Tiffany was a significant part of the symbolism and unbridled optimism that swept the country during the era that the book and movie describe, the New York-based company said.
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The small Christian minority, fairly prosperous but decimated by emigration, worries that without the protection of the secular Baathists, the Muslim religious revival which has swept the country could turn against them.
North Korea's economic well-being spiraled downward under Mr. Kim, human rights have been severely restricted and as many as two million North Koreans died when famine swept the country starting in the mid-1990s.
As the Iraqi army swept through the country, it built an elaborate system of fortifications, destroying the fragile desert ecosystem.
He says people who thought the violence and division had ended as the Arab Spring swept through the country two years ago now find themselves protesting on the same streets, fighting with riot police and accusing the Islamist-led government of stealing their revolution.
Still, he appealed to those who may have had second thoughts about the magnitude of the change that has swept across the country.
It became a massive wave of bottom-up change that swept across the country as you refused to accept the world as it was.
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The popular unrest that has swept Iran since the country's fraudulent June 12 presidential election has showcased widespread chants of "Death to Russia, " making it clear that in the eyes of Iran's opposition, Moscow's steadfast partnership with the current clerical regime has made it a mortal enemy.
The income tax came back in 1894 amid populist currents which swept much of the country as Congress sought to replace revenue lost after tariffs were cut.
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Nationally, the flood swept away parts of the country's cultural heritage.
The accusations against the two Mustafa el-Khouli and Mohammed Abdel-Radi stem from November protests that swept much of the country, including Damanhour in the Nile Delta.
Forecasters warned of dangerous travel conditions across most of the country as heavy snowfall swept through the east of England.
His death sparked riots that swept across the capital and the country.
By the end of the week Moussavi's supporters stretched as far as the eye could see from one end of Tehran to another, in scenes not witnessed here since the Islamic Revolution swept this country back in 1979.
Within weeks, the country's Senate swept aside other pressing national concerns and called for a 14-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of homosexuality -- an issue that had previously not featured on the national agenda.
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Backed by foreign troops, the government of President Abdullahi Yusuf swept into Mogadishu on Dec. 29, scattering the Islamic forces across the country.
Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, swept to power in December promising to nationalise the country's oil and gas industry.
He was arrested last April for his role in anti-government demonstrations in his country as the Arab Spring swept across the region.
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Maybe the revolution had swept away that friendly, welcoming country where I studied abroad.
The new-model French Army swept through Europe, country by country, fighting a new kind of warfare, one that depended on rapid movement and, crucially, on the concentrated manpower (and firepower) that those enormous numbers allowed.
Meanwhile, tumult also swept through the upper levels of South African rugby later in the spring, as the country's National Sports Council ordered the chiefs of the embattled SARFU, headed by Louis Luyt, to resign or face sanctions for failing to change to reflect South Africa's transition from apartheid.
The country has been increasingly polarised between pro-Islamists and liberal and secular forces since Islamists swept to power in parliamentary and presidential elections last year.
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