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• n  United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
• n  an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
• n  a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
• n  common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
• s  moving very fast
  a swift current
  swift flight of an arrow
  a swift runner

• It's easy to say you wouldn't swift-boat your opponent.
• The chimney swift is one of the swiftest small birds alive (up to 150 m.
• It was a week of stunning, swift disaster in China.

• Swift
• Gustavus Franklin Swift
• Jonathan Swift
• Dean Swift
• western fence lizard
• blue-belly
• Sceloporus occidentalis
• fleet

News & Articles

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• Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez Toast to Summertime With Ice Cream—Watch Now!
  Just when you thought Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez couldn't be any more adorable, they pull this! On Friday, the country-pop star posted her second Vine, and while it's hard to...
  June 21, 2013 - E! Online
• Taylor Swift fans get A&F T-shirt pulled
  Taylor Swift fans exhibited their power by convincing a major national retailer to pull a T-shirt that mocks the singer's love life. Abercrombie & Fitch released a shirt that read "#more boyfriends than t.s." Fans assumed "t.s." stood for Taylor Swift. The self-proclaimed "swifties" fired off emails and tweets at the company and started petitions to have the shirt removed. One fan even recorded ...
  June 21, 2013 - Local 6 Orlando
• Swift's feminist foil is instant Twitter hit
  Taylor Swift is not a feminist. But Clara Beyer is, and she loves Taylor Swift's music and sometimes she wishes Swift would change her twangy tune and be a little more progressive.
  June 20, 2013 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN
  As President Obama said in his inaugural address: "For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth....
• David Beckham in Los Angeles Times
  I am upset but (want) to thank everyone for their messages of support,Beckham said in a statement posted on his Web site before his arrival. "I hope to make a swift and full recovery."
• Kanye West in URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar
  Kanye wrote, "I'm so sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom," and "I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!"