Word: hastening
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...these reforms will take time. We are committed to holding elections in the shortest possible period but there is a wide acceptance in the country that the time that it takes to carry out these fundamental reforms should really be allowed, and then you hold elections. But let me hasten to add that we do not intend to stay in power a day longer than necessary...
...want to truly appreciate “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone,” the new album from Explosions in the Sky, you should probably hasten to your nearest neighborhood drug dealer and ask him for as much marijuana as you can afford. That is not to say that the new release from the Texas-based instrumental band—perhaps best known for their controversial Sept. 11 related album cover and their creation of soundtracks for the film and TV series “Friday Night Lights”—is not good...
...went on in the compound, though it is difficult to untangle reality from stories designed to make the defeated sect look bad. The government now says that it found a pool underneath a large tent where sect members engaged in orgies - in the apparent belief that immoral behavior would hasten the advent of the Mahdi...
...former Conservative leader Michael Howard.) But the allegations of Labour sleaze are damaging to a Prime Minister who came to power in 1997 promising that his government would be "whiter than white." If one of his close aides is charged with any crime, it could critically damage Blair and hasten his expected departure from office this year...
Lebanon's political crisis appears to be heading for a showdown with a call by the Hizballah-led opposition for a general strike Tuesday, intended to paralyze the country and hasten the fall of the Western-backed government...