11.   A sign of rhetorical moderation sweeping the nation?

12.   A wave of Beanie Baby-related crime is sweeping the nation.

13.   According to Amnesty International, the problems now are not nearly as grim as the terror that swept the nation in the years immediately after the coup.

14.   After lingering in a coma for several days, as a media frenzy engulfed Laramie and shock swept the nation, Shepard passed away.

15.   After two years of record-low unemployment and tight labor markets, massive layoffs are now sweeping the nation.

16.   But as anti-Democratic sentiment swept the nation, Graves wound up with a September lead that he never relinquished.

17.   But in February, the company joined the wave of dot-com blowouts that have swept the nation in recent months, and shut down suddenly.

18.   But the service is expected to soon sweep the nation.

19.   Confronted with the prospect of homeless trash and limited space, the nation was swept with garbage guilt.

20.   Euphoria has hardly swept the nation since the election results were announced early Monday.