For any business not supporting this emphasis, 2013 marks your opportunity to make a swift change of course, or to suffer the consequence.

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Mr Berlusconi's foreign policy, strongly supportive of President George W Bush in Iraq, is likely to undergo a swift change of emphasis under Mr Prodi.

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Treaty change is rarely swift, however.

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The change can be sudden and swift, and often unexpected.

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The idea, based on research and recent experience in states such as Texas and Hawaii, is that people change behaviour in response to swift and certain consequences, not necessarily severe ones.

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This change in buying habits will be swift as our mass consciousness is being rapidly influenced by the game changers such as social media and the Groupons of the world.

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The main point I want to make is that this, once again, shows that political change in Russia is going to be neither swift nor easy.

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Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantial increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace.

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This change had nothing to do with the convention and everything to do with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, former fellow soldiers of Mr Kerry in Vietnam.

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The ability to hold your finger on the screen and change focus modes was also a boon, while browsing gallery previews and transitioning to the full images were swift.

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