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• s  (of tempo) very fast
• r  suddenly
• r  at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)

• But open it up and--presto!--you've got a digital storage device with a USB plug on its business end.
• Heat the Coke you bought on a stove until it turns thick and saucy, and presto.
• The dystopic future (is there any other kind?) came to animation with Otomo's film version of his manga series--and, presto, haute anime proclaimed itself to the world.

News & Articles

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• Don’t Let Carpenter Ants Spoil Your Summer: Expert Tips for Avoiding America’s #1 Pest
  READING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rentokil Companies (Ehrlich Pest Control, Western Exterminator, and Presto-X Pest Control) offer expert advice on controlling carpenter ants.
  June 10, 2013 - Business Wire
• Facebook unveils Presto engine for querying 250 PB data warehouse
  As Facebook's user base swells larger and larger, data about users is growing much faster, and the social networking giant has developed a faster way to analyze it all with its Presto query engine.
  June 7, 2013 - GigaOM
• JackBe Unveils Presto Real-Time Analytics Add-On With Terracotta BigMemory
  JackBe®, the leading provider of Real-Time Actionable Intelligence software, today released its Presto Real-Time Analytics Add-On With Terracotta BigMemory , which bundles Terracotta’s enterprise-grade BigMemory in-memory data management platform for seamless high performance in-memory analytics.
  June 6, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Isobel Lang in Sky News
  Sky News weather presenter Isobel Lang said: "It was just starting to feel more spring-like, and then hey presto, our weather has plummeted into winter. The weather conditions will be atrocious in places with around 15cm, six inches, of snow...
• Lorne Craner in San Diego Union Tribune
  There's this myth that the Americans go into a country and, presto, you get a revolution,said Lorne Craner, a former State Department official who heads the International Republican Institute, which received $25.9 million last year to...
• Hazel McCallion in Canada NewsWire (press release)
  Presto is an easy way to get around the GTA,said City of Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion. "Mississauga riders are eager to get their Presto cards. Commuters who travel into other major urban centres for work, school or play will enjoy...