1.   As a crane swung a rope sling piled with crates of brain-numbing kaoliang alcohol onto a truck at dockside here, he broke into a laugh.

2.   From the site, cranes silently swing lines of steel over the lost ground.

3.   Giant yellow cranes swing back and forth overhead.

4.   Other cranes swung heavy wrecking balls to bring down the standing hulks of buildings.

5.   A huge crane swings tons of sugar, imported to make beer, onto the quay at the port on Lake Tanganyika.