Word: swifter
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Summers said the two committees are “looking into” the divestment proposal, but critics of the University’s links to PetroChina demand swifter action...
...Games will go on, and even if the promise of international unity through ferocious competition seems a bit quaint, the Games are at least a lock to mint fresh heroes who renew the Olympic tag line of "swifter, higher, stronger." The swimming pool doesn't have a roof, but it does have water, in which American Michael Phelps will try to rekindle memories of Mark Spitz. And unlike Montreal's unfinished structure, the Athens Olympic stadium does, as of June, have a roof, though seats are another issue. No matter: the track is down, and on Aug. 24, Moroccan Hicham...
...needs $25 million to keep sports going and an additional $98 million to renovate gyms and soccer fields. The Iraqis are used to such shortfalls; Uday diverted Olympic money to his palaces and planes. But in the post-Saddam era, the N.O.C.I. has truly embraced the Olympic ideals: Citius (Swifter)! Altius (Higher)! And now Consortium (Let Coke and Nike pay the bills...
...anticipation of an offensive onslaught by the swifter, more-talented Eagles, the Terriers fell back into a defensive posture, hoping to weather the BC offensive storm and pull off the upset victory...
...sleek-looking, 88-bed, for-profit hospital, which opened in February, uses more than 650 computer stations made by GE Medical Systems to store records, test data and diagnostic images. Bedside terminals are intended to make patient care swifter and more customized--and safer, with mandatory bar-code scanning to cut the chance of a drug mix-up. Of course, the "paperless office" has been touted for years and has seldom materialized. But the hospital says its goals will be met if it can boost productivity...