A century ago, the Fabian pioneers had sought to sweep that away.
Just as Fawkes wanted to blow up the British parliament, so Mr Grillo seeks to sweep away Italy's old politicians, "those who have destroyed the country".
Today, if you look around American politics you see self-described conservative radicals who seek to sweep away 100 years of history and return government to its preindustrial role.
The trial, with its predetermined outcome, will not be the climax of Bo's story as much as the beginning of its long denouement as the Communist Party seeks to sweep this scandal under the carpet and turn its attention to the country's economic problems.
"I think Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes," Mr. Obama said, gently chiding the vice-presidential nominee as he sought to sweep aside a dustup Mr. Biden touched off when he predicted that a world crisis would test Mr. Obama during his first six months in office.
PAGE A16 OBAMA CHIDES BIDEN OVER REMARK Senator Barack Obama gently reprimanded his vice-presidential candidate, Joseph R. Biden Jr., as he sought to sweep aside a dustup Mr. Biden touched off when he predicted that a world crisis would test Mr. Obama during his first six months in office.
In it, Rivette sought to sweep away the familiar visual rhetoric and conventions of movies in favor of a new and personal way of looking, one that's particular to each filmmaker — and which is a vision of the world: [T]he universe of the creator is only the manifestation, the concrete flowering of this gaze and of its mode of appearing — this gaze which is itself only the apparition of a universe.
In it, Rivette sought to sweep away the familiar visual rhetoric and conventions of movies in favor of a new and personal way of looking, one that's particular to each filmmaker and which is a vision of the world: [T]he universe of the creator is only the manifestation, the concrete flowering of this gaze and of its mode of appearing this gaze which is itself only the apparition of a universe.
Mr Davies said the council did not "seek to sweep it under the carpet.
At the close, Canada's Charlie Angus sought to sweep Facebook's hot air away by accusing Allan of distracting the debate with discussion of symptoms — to draw the regulatory eye away from the root cause of the problem which he sharply defined as Facebook itself.
