• The swiftness of the waters and their imagined depth reminds me of the Danube where it flows through Bratislava.

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  • Pickering defended the swiftness of the decision to sack Jenkins, saying it was a necessity to avoid any "ambiguity" and "indecision".

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  • The sheer swiftness of gold's decline on Monday meant that investors were willing to pay a premium for put options on gold and silver-backed exchange-traded funds, a centerpiece of his strategy.

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  • But the swiftness of the transition was still shocking.

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  • "It is these thoughtless acts and deliberate jokes that can cost lives as that single action can have an impact on the swiftness of the police's response to a real emergency, " she said.

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  • Joe Robertson, a commodities trader in his 60s heading to Mass in New York, said he was taken aback by the swiftness of the vote for the 76-year-old prelate, whose name he said he couldn't pronounce.

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  • If the weakness lasts long enough, the timing strategy will catch up, but the swiftness of the early slump has been noteworthy enough to make us wonder if there is a way to generate a quicker sell signal.

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  • The swiftness of New Century's implosion was reminiscent of the severe strain felt by mortgage lenders in the last crash of the subprime business, back in 1999, when New Century itself was rescued by an equity infusion from U.S. Bancorp.

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  • The swiftness of New Century's implosion was reminiscent of the severe strain felt by mortgage lenders in the last crash of the subprime business, back in 1999, when New Century itself was rescued by an equity infusion from U.S. Bancorp. (nyse: USB - news - people ) Hopes for a similar rescue have faded this time around.

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  • It would never have been one of his major works, but the swiftness and urgency with which the tale is told, and the potent composition of even the most simple scenes, reveal the touch of the master.

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  • If the state of recovery was a surprise, its swiftness was even more so.

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  • But the local women with whom they get involved drag them with surprising swiftness into the dangerous currents of social conflict.

    NEWYORKER: Barcelona

  • Trailing behind her, Brad was surprised by the lithe swiftness with which she climbed the steps of the flagstone porch and let herself back in, holding the storm door for him as she opened the other.

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