Word: swiftness
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...strutting and heartless about the way the Begin government celebrated its gratuitously vengeful bombing attack on Beirut, in which about 300 were killed. It would be unreasonable to expect official contrition. But Israel in the past has managed to convey more sorrow than anger when it wielded its terrible swift sword. Now there seems to be only anger, and it is too often shrill, self-righteous and even a bit frightening-more so to those who love Israel than to those who hate...
...with Ralph Edwards, did the rest. Says Billett: "There are so many people who don't know what small-claims court is about. This show will tell them how they must prepare to tell their story." On the other hand, Billett hopes that careful case selection and a swift pace will shield his TV audience from one thing that has troubled him during his own trips to small-claims court: boredom...
...challenge to Gaddafi draws fire-and swift U.S. retaliation
...dollar's swift ascent, however, has been almost as unsettling as its previous weakness. American businessmen say that the robust currency has made their products too expensive abroad, and European leaders blame U.S. interest rates and the strong dollar for prolonging Europe's recession and fueling inflation...
That seemed to be true. The union's abrupt walkout and the Administration's swift retaliation had left neither side any face-saving way to resume negotiations, particularly since the Government considered the bulk of PATCO's constituency no longer strikers but simply among the unemployed. The FAA even took steps to decertify PATCO as the legal bargaining agent for the controllers. Justifiably confident that public opinion was solidly on his side and still basking in his legislative triumphs on Capitol Hill, the President massed a historic show of force against the first labor union to challenge his Administration directly...