The expansion of the Port Arthur refinery comes during a particularly complicated period in United States-Saudi relations, as the two countries try to manage changes sweeping the Arab world.
But even among Mr. Walsh's supporters, a nagging question remains: How could a real estate wizard who built a thriving business by creating new ways of managing risk by sweeping loans off Lehman's balance sheet end up doing deals that contradicted everything he seemed to stand for — and contribute to the collapse of one of Wall Street's most venerable firms?
Several officials acknowledged that it was still too early to determine whether the czar would have the clout to manage such a sweeping change in the way counterintelligence is managed.
Indeed, the question was no longer whether the nation was in decline relative to Asia and Europe but whether it could manage the resentments its sweeping influence engendered.
During the finals, Celski was in the lead with about five laps to go, but in the last few laps, the three Korean skaters managed to overtake him, sweeping the podium with Kwak Yoon-Gy in 1st.
Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces have been burning since 1954.
"Our biggest challenge is managing cost increases that are sweeping the industry, and labor shortages," said Alan Torvie, a senior director at Opus West Construction who oversees projects in the West and Southwest.
As strictly a survey of a historical phenomenon, "Christianity" -- the sequel to a 1998 presentation covering the first millennium -- does its job creditably, managing to be cogent and sweeping at the same time.
Despite the dogs, the warnings and the security searching you on entry and sweeping the campsites, people manage to get their pills and powders in.
Early this year, Iran managed to institute sweeping changes, but only after overcoming major obstacles.
