This allows your startup to handle new input, resolve customer issues and move forward more swiftly.

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And one of the reasons our economy is in better shape today is because we voted to move forward boldly and swiftly to pass a Recovery Act that's being carried out under the outstanding leadership of people like Ray, as well as my Vice President Joe Biden.

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The task for Hagel, 66, going forward is to swiftly move past the protracted nomination battle, prove himself a strong and capable Pentagon chief, and repair relationships on Capitol Hill, said Fran Townsend, a former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush.

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However, after the reactionary dive, the markets tend to recover swiftly as people recognize that the world will move forward and that the sun will indeed come up tomorrow.

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