Word: swiftness
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McCurdy is wary of the Tigers, a team which has already proven itself as swift and deep. "On the basis of the Penn meets," McCurdy said, "it looks like Princeton, Harvard, and Yale, in that order...
...work up a dander when the behemoth was sweating himself to death? From there the magic returned, the faith restored, Foreman's end stood at Ali's beck and call. It came quickly, too. In a second or so. Allah's justice is not just and swift retribution. For those in Ali's fold, it took a long time...
Fully 80% of Rhodesia's exports pass through the Mozambique ports of Beira and Lourenso Marques. Closure of these vital outlets would mean swift economic strangulation for Rhodesia. A much longer rail route exists through Botswana to South Africa's ports. Last month, however, Botswana's President Sir Seretse Khama announced that he Intended to take over the rail line, and he might well close it to Rhodesian traffic. Thanks to a crash construction program, a direct rail link to South Africa was recently opened, but this new single-track line cannot possibly handle all the nation...
When many of the chosen films are guaranteed swift commercial release, the festival is accused of being a kind of swank showcase, the plaything of movie distributors. At other times-this year's festival is an example-there are no ambitious films from Hollywood, few major works from the Continental masters. So the festival is blamed for being stodgy, esoteric and elitist...
September 24: Ford delivers a tough law-and-order speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police. There is too much crime, he says: "It can no longer be ignored. It can no longer be rationalized away. The time has come to act." Hardened criminals must understand that "swift and prolonged imprisonment will inevitably follow each offense...