He quickly learned he would have to cross almost 800 kilometers of the great Syrian Desert.

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He quickly learned how best to use the new photographic telescope at the observatory.

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He soon learned,however, that he could not move as quickly as planned.

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He quickly learned to negotiate his way around India's suffocatingly regulated business regime.

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Wynalda said he quickly learned in Germany that there is a certain do-whatever-it-takes-to-win attitude that can make teams tougher in big events.

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On finishing business school in 1971, Mr Hindery signed up to a quintessential 19th-century industry, a mining company named Utah International, where he quickly learned two important lessons.

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