Jackson brought his troops around, in a quick march, and arranged them in a broad front, in the woods that the Union commander on the right flank had judged to be impenetrable.

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But that is the ultimate nightmare: that the allies will quick-march home, past the milestones, in time to meet the date ringed in the calendar, only to find the very threat they fought for 13 years to eliminate emerges once more.

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They appeared headed for a quick, triumphant march to the top of the podium.

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Politicians in Paris are still speaking as though Mali can be won on the cheap and quick with a drawdown in March from the 4, 000 French troops here now, and a pullout after hypothetical elections in July.

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It was no coincidence that once Congress made it clear in early March that it wanted substantial and quick reform of mark-to-market accounting that stocks--especially those of banks and life insurance companies--vigorously rallied from their recession lows.

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Jean Charest, Quebec's Liberal premier, was quick to criticise the commission's decision after the march.

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He led the march against the destruction of Pennsylvania Station and was quick to lend his prestige to any worthy architectural cause.

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In March and April, three elected trustees of the APS resigned in quick succession, in protest at the stance of the trustee board, which failed to vote in favour of using its discretionary powers to stick with RPI.

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The deal would create a new giant in the natural gas pipeline business, giving billionaire Carl Icahn a quick bang for his buck after the activist investor reported a large stake in Southern Union back in March.

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