• Mr Cameron said eurozone leaders needed to take swift action to resolve the crisis over Greece.

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  • Gov. Rick Perry did not take swift action to address the problem, which his office knew about for years.

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  • If we discover instances of underage labour, we take swift and appropriate action.

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  • This could include posts made by drunk people who, on sobering up, take swift action to delete the communication because they are genuinely sorry for the offence or harm they caused.

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  • Those which performed poorly would have to take swift action to improve, or be instructed by the government to hold a competitive tender--or even to disband their in-house provision altogether.

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  • Paul said he did not dispute that the president has the authority to take swift and lethal action against an enemy that carried out a significant attack against the United States.

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  • And yet, although everyone presumed that he would take swift legal action, Rousselot decided, to the dismay of those who had expected a stronger and more decisive attitude on his part, to do nothing.

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  • Mr Lafontaine resists most of the policies that might reduce unemployment, which is Germany's biggest worry: he is loth to take swift action to deregulate the labour market, shrink the state and cut taxes.

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  • We call on Facebook to make the only responsible decision and take swift, clear action on this issue, to bring your policy on rape and domestic violence into line with your own moderation goals and guidelines.

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  • "He is one of the few Japanese leaders who can speak his mind clearly and openly to the public and take swift action on what he believes in, " says Matsui Kiyondo, editor-in-chief of the influential monthly magazine Bungei Shunju.

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  • Although ministry officials did take swift action by granting immunity to the guy who signed the contracts, they did not take the magic wands out of service, and according to this report people were still waving them around expecting to find bombs as recently as three weeks ago.

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  • He said there was a need to take "swift and robust action" to address issues raised by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate report.

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  • Victoria started the "Taylor Swift take Kevin McGuire to prom" Facebook page in February.

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  • As we're wrapping up, in the midst of urgently encouraging me to take a black Swift out for a ride, Sorger gets a call.

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  • ' We'd take it to Swift Boulevard Junk.

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  • The government was swift to take advantage: hours after the sale, the Central Bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 19.75%, below the pre-October level, though still far above inflation, now slowing toward an annual rate of some 2%.

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  • The process is not swift--it can take up to 10 million years to clean an ocean.

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  • After delivery of the twins, Swift has said she plans to take up to eight weeks of maternity leave, but without relinquishing control of her office.

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  • Choked with emotion after seeing Ms Gillard take over, he took credit for invoking a swift response to the global financial crisis with a fiscal stimulus that helped Australia avoid a recession.

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  • Judicial appointments will be swift, although the appellate-court balances will take time to tilt.

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  • Brewers boss Paul Peschisolido saw his team attempt to take the game to their opponents in the opening stages and Zola started a swift attack after Mike Duffy had been caught in possession.

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  • "The new health minister must take immediate action to investigate those hospitals with the highest death rates to ensure that swift improvements are made, " he said.

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  • In the earlier parts of the book Swift has shown where man's folly and scoundrelism lead him: but take away the folly and the scoundrelism, and all you are left with, apparently, is a tepid sort of existence, hardly worth leading.

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