51.   The new parabolic ski, otherwise known as the hourglass, is sweeping the country.

52.   The red, white and blue sea of flags sweeping the country have the air of a home-grown jihad.

53.   The red-sock craze started by syndicate leader Peter Blake has swept the country, from school kids to members of the military.

54.   The renewed discussion of smallpox vaccination comes as fears of another biological agent, anthrax, are sweeping the country.

55.   The runup in interest rates has already ended a boom in mortgage refinancings that swept the country last year.

56.   This is the soulless Yuletide spirit sweeping the country as we approach the millennium?

57.   They live in a gated townhouse community, insulated from the crime wave that is sweeping the country.

58.   They were forced on us by a social malady that swept this country.

59.   Though they swept the country appearing inevitable, time limits on welfare were anything but.

60.   Today no-kill operations are sweeping the country, said Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People in Clinton, Wash.