When the Berlin wall fell, a generation of ideological certainties was swept away.

Now only part of a single column remains everything else has been scavenged for building material for modern housing.

It would have stayed in the mind s eye a long time, whether or not it swept the Oscars.

The latest polls suggest that real change is afoot. Obama is surging in New Hampshire and nationally.

Bismarck once referred to this skill as the ability to intuit God s movements in history, and seize the hem of His garment as He sweeps past.

Not only must they contend with the prospect of falling exports and confidence they also are the latest victims of a financial crisis that started in the United States, traveled to Europe, and now has swept across their borders.

Emerging market countries face an additional problem. Not only must they contend with the prospect of falling exports and confidence they also are the latest victims of a financial crisis that started in the United States, traveled to Europe, and now has swept across their borders.