1.   In the little town of Roding an elderly woman is sweeping the streets with a birch-twig besom.

2.   The streets would be swept clear, the buildings replaced and rebuilt or repaired.

3.   Although he did sweep streets when asked, he said, his job duties also included hauling garbage, operating a mechanical broom and doing clerical tasks.

4.   And, indeed, Omanis can now be found working in hotels, though not sweeping the streets.

5.   And they come despite the assignment of thousands of welfare recipients to sweep the streets in return for their benefits.

6.   Back in Pasadena, wearing his Olympic sweatshirt with a big USA on the front, he pushed a broom sweeping downtown streets.

7.   Beyond that, city streets have been swept only once in the past month because of ice and snow, Chalfen said.

8.   About a year later, he said, he found himself sweeping a street in downtown Manhattan right outside a bank where he had worked briefly as a clerk.

9.   But for Norway, censoring entertainment is as natural as sweeping the streets.

10.   But she was ordered to sweep the streets.