Word: swiftly
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With Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Mass. Acting Governor JaneM. Swift, and US Senator John F. Kerry looking on, Patriots players thanked fans for supporting the team amidst doubts from sports analysts...
...Swift, a 36-year-old Republican, explained to the nearly 450 audience members how her role in office had changed following the terrorist attacks...
Acting Gov. Jane M. Swift addressed the challenges of political leadership in the aftermath of Sept.11 last night at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO forum...
...casualty aversion" through Lebanon, Somalia, Kosovo. The first President Bush was so concerned about maintaining public support during the Gulf War that shots of flag-draped coffins arriving at Dover Air Force Base were banned. The Pentagon expected tens of thousands of casualties; 148 died. The blessing of a swift victory was its curse; so few soldiers perished that it left the impression that war had been made safe, childproofed by the high-tech, high-altitude, hands-free campaign. And that this is what it takes to maintain public support...
...Israel for attacks on Jewish settlers in the West Bank. And sure enough, Fatah's Al Aqsa brigades claimed responsibility for Thursday's carnage at Hadera, saying the attack was in retaliation for the killing of Karmi. Israel blamed the attack directly on Arafat, and the response was swift - Israeli F-16s destroyed Palestinian Authority security headquarters in the town of Tulkarm, in what may only be the first installment of what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised would be "a lesson the Palestinian Authority will never forget...