Word: swiftness
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...sales go through the roof. But not long after JONATHAN FRANZEN's literary best seller The Corrections got the nod, the writer got cold feet: "She's picked some good books, but she's picked enough schmaltzy, one-dimensional ones that I cringe," he said. Oprah's justice was swift. She did not withdraw the seal of approval, but she did the next worst thing: "Jonathan Franzen will not be on the Oprah Winfrey Show because he is seemingly uncomfortable and conflicted about being chosen as a book-club selection. It is never my intention to make anyone uncomfortable...
...protection for the status quo,' says a businessman. 'We assume it will bring an improvement in the integrity of the government.' From Washington's viewpoint, however, pushing Fahd and family down the fast track to Westernization and democratization is a likely prescription for a Shah [of Iran]-like disaster. Swift liberalizations could easily stir religious extremists to revolt. 'If there's an internal threat to the kingdom,' says a U.S. expert on Saudi Arabia, 'it's from fundamentalists on the right, not liberalizers on the left...
...complaint was sent to Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham ’72, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, Acting Governor Jane M. Swift and Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin. If the House-passed redistricting becomes law, the complaint will likely become a lawsuit within a month...
First and foremost, the Bush administration must focus its energies and efforts on bringing the war in Afghanistan to a swift and successful conclusion. Unless Muslim coalition members explicitly threaten to withdraw their support as a result of continued fighting during Ramadan, military activities in Afghanistan should continue as dictated by our objectives. In the case that such a threat is made, President Bush and his advisors must carefully weigh any strategic changes against the consequences of a defection by Muslim allies. For the time being, however, fighting during Ramadan will have to be a part of the war against...
Though Linsky says “We’re really looking for something not too complicated — talented people with integrity who would be good partners” for Swift, the search hasn’t been without controversy. Earlier this year, former GOP party chair and millionaire James Rappaport announced that he would seek the lieutenant governorship against the wishes of Swift, who would prefer to choose her own running mate for the Republican convention to confirm...