Word: swiftly
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...reaction to the plan was swift - and far from the general applause Britain's leaders received for their bank-bailout plans just six weeks ago. "A general decrease in value-added tax is perhaps the answer for some countries, but for Germany and France it is not," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, following a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on a common European response to the economic downturn. Asked Sarkozy: "Should we use up our available room for maneuver on reducing prices when prices are already falling...
...home. (Turbines like Morrell's convert the energy of the wind to electricity, while old windmills are geared for mechanical power, like pulling water from a well.) On days with decent wind - which occur frequently enough, since he can feel the breeze from Lake Michigan - the $16,000 Swift wind turbine can generate 1.5 kilowatts (kW) an hour, i.e., enough to power the average lightbulb for 15 hours. Together with his solar array, that's enough to take care of much of his electricity bill. "It's clean energy we don't have to dig for. It just comes right...
...Aviv gangster Ya'acov Alperon liked his violence up close and personal. He relied on his boxer's swift, sledgehammer fists and the blade of a knife to terrorize Tel Aviv's shopkeepers, brothel owners and drug dealers into paying protection money. But in the end, what finally got Alperon was that most impersonal of assassin's weapons: the car bomb...
...Harvard, including Ryan, said last week that they believe that the Treasury Department and the University are different enough that many of their complaints would not be applicable if Obama appoints Summers to his Cabinet.Economics Professor Kenneth S. Rogoff said that what he sees as Summers’ swift, bold decision-making style is vital given the current financial crisis and will outweigh the effect the Faculty’s previous criticisms could have on his nomination.“I think we’re in a crisis, and in this situation, those qualms will be cast aside...
...according to Swift, an unfortunate side affect of Harvard’s new financial aid program is that there is less FWSP eligibility. Instead, today only 20 percent of those on financial aid are eligible for the program, down from 40 percent last year. This is especially disturbing at a time when more students than ever are looking for work, making ineligible students forced to find their employment elsewhere. Swift says that the SEO hopes that Harvard may be able to resolve the problem in the future by creating a program that parallels FWSP...