"Quite an eclectic mix," I said, anxious to impress on her that I was not just any old job-seeker but had an extensive vocabulary and would be wasted sweeping leaves in the ground of an institution.
Now, three days later, an estimated 1.3 billion gallons of contaminated tailings have spilled from the breached pond, sweeping untold volumes of waste and debris into the salmon stream and lake systems in the region and potentially threatening the Fraser River system to the west.
Sunday evening saw the conclusion of Big Little Lies, HBO's wonderful seven-episode limited series that wasted no time sweeping up scores of captivated viewers.
The crisis erupted when the government did not renew the contract of Sukleen, the private company responsible for waste collection and street sweeping in greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon.
Last season the Nets did not waste time with the Bulls, sweeping the four-game series with the efficiency of a team trying to establish its place.
That buried waste coal, oil and natural gas is what powers the industrial revolution still sweeping the Earth.By reuniting the two waste products of photosynthesis oxygen in the air and carbon in the ground this revolution has fuelled a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide three times higher than any previous rise that can be measured.
The joint committee of students and adult community members also share responsibilities for trash collection, sweeping roads and clearing the neighbourhood of animal waste.
"I wanted to tell him how you have wasted your life waiting for him, sweeping and dusting and cleaning in here every day as if he was coming back tomorrow," Rebecca shouts at her mother.
And it has made sweeping commitments to the environment, like reducing energy use, waste and carbon emissions.
Ms. Coburn was concerned when the fire began sweeping through Los Alamos, scorching canyons contaminated with radioactive waste, and the smoke drifted her way.
