31.   Since then, the property market has slowed down due to the financial crisis that swept the region.

32.   Soon thereafter, the region was swept by the Bolshevik Revolution.

33.   The entire region has been swept by protests and demonstrations coinciding with the escalating Israeli-Palestinian clashes.

34.   The peso has fallen with other currencies in southeast Asia due to an economic crisis that swept the region last year.

35.   The Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia have been suffering from a currency crisis that has swept the region.

36.   The sale would be one of the largest privatizations in Venezuela, a latecomer to free market economic policies that have swept the region.

37.   The sale would be one of the largest privatizations in Venezuela, a late-comer to free market economic policies that have swept the region.

38.   Today, Kuala Lumpur is a breathtaking example of the economic frenzy sweeping the region as it industrializes at a ferocious pace.

39.   Venezuela is a late-comer to free market economic reforms and privatizations of state-owned companies that have swept the region in the last decade.

40.   Israel and the Palestinian territories were also affected by the snow wave which swept the region, and seemed to be tailing off Tuesday at noon.