Word: swiftness
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...federal judge assigned to hear the government's case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the first individual to be charged directly in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has a reputation for running a swift, efficient courtroom that favors neither the defense nor the prosecution...
...budget is in the hands of Swift, we call on her to exercise the careful deliberation that the Legislature lacked. We implore her to make the difficult cuts wisely, being sure that worthwhile programs do not end up suffering while needless ones go untouched as the result of pork barrel legislative priorities. One such example is the attempt by lawmakers to quietly gut the budgets of the Office of the Inspector General and the State Ethics Commission and blame it on the recession. Swift should be able to see through these self-interested maneuvers, and work to fashion a budget...
...souls can smile, the soul of Jackie Robinson was smiling last week. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners, a slim, swift outfielder out of Kasugai, Japan, was chosen Most Valuable Player in the American League by the Baseball Writers' Association of America?an overwhelmingly white, male group of U. S. journalists. During the 2001 season, Suzuki batted .350, garnered 242 hits, stole 56 bases and played a fine right field, showing about as good an outfield throwing arm as now exists. Newspaper accounts were busy with statistics and with reporting Suzuki's close run for the prize against Jason Giambi...
Although Donnelly overstates the point, he is not far from the mark. From the outset, many Pentagon officials, most notably Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, vociferously supported ousting the Taliban and Hussein in one swift stroke. And although initially hesitant, the State Department now seems to cautiously support the idea. Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned that countries “such as Iraq” should not think that we will be “unconcerned” about their chemical and biological weapons stockpiles. At the same time, U.S. diplomats appear to be forging closer ties...
...swift, shocking transformation of Afghanistan's map last week?as rebel forces seized control of at least two-thirds of the country from the Taliban?made bin Laden's demise seem imminent, even if the Pentagon could not say precisely where he was. With Taliban forces ditching their guns and switching sides by the thousands, American commandos spent last week picking up bin Laden's scent?and nudging the six-week conflict toward a decisive climax. The Taliban faced devastation in its southern strongholds, and that shrank bin Laden's theater of operation. Pashtun operatives showered Western and Pakistani intelligence...