But his sudden sweep to national prominence, culminating with his decisive election Saturday night as leader of the new Canadian Alliance Party, seems vaguely familiar, leading some commentators to call him the Pierre Trudeau of the right.
A sudden storm swept through Port-au-Prince on Friday, killing at least five earthquake survivors as it tore down trees, billboards and tent homes, the authorities said.
As they attempted to free themselves, a sudden pull swept up her colleague, who was left dangling in the air between the whaler's bow and a 10-tonne corpse.
He retired from running two years ago, he said, but is considering a comeback at 70. Spectators can tell when the bulls are coming because a sudden panic sweeps through the crowd -- people running for their lives really do move faster.
Beresford began to bring his army forward on 4 April, but a sudden flood swept away his makeshift bridge across the Guadiana, trapping the Allied vanguard on the eastern bank.
A sudden mania has swept the United States with this particular World Cup.
In the pre-dawn hours of June 24, under a sudden downpour, Wilder swept down on the handful of Confederate cavalry pickets manning the gap.
Several thousand people heeded a mandatory evacuation order in Santa Barbara County on the Central Coast, where last year a sudden debris flow swept through Montecito, killing 23 people and destroying 100 homes.
Finally, during the second voltage sweep, a sudden current increase at about 0.2 V (set voltage, Vset) appeared.
I was riding my bike recently on a beautiful sunny afternoon, when a sudden wave of panic swept over me.
