It is a strange thing to present so much physical activity and swift talking in service of a play committed to the expression of harrowing stagnancy.
11 P.M. (VH1) VH1 STORYTELLERS: TAYLOR SWIFT In a concert at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., Ms. Swift talks about her inspiration for songs, including "Red," a song about "a relationship that I had that was the worst thing ever and the best thing ever at the same time," she says.
In his opening statement on Monday, Mr. Swift talked more about Mr. Headley, who pleaded guilty in an attempt to avoid the death penalty, than he did his own client, describing Mr. Headley's history of deceit, including multiple marriages and working as an informer for the Drug Enforcement Administration while he was trafficking heroin into the country from Pakistan.
Several weeks before "1989" was released, Swift talked about the song at her Beverly Hills home, saying, "I started writing it as a joke, but it ended up being everyone's favorite.
"The Hateful Eight," which opens Christmas Day, is a western spun through a racial prism, a swift-talking tale of seven suspicious men and one mean woman trapped in a snowstorm in the cruel mountains of Wyoming.
The next day as protesters took a break President Jacques Chirac called for swift talks between the government and unions over a youth employment law that has sparked the trouble.
The party did not get a majority (at least 325 seats) - and swift talks to form a tradition-busting coalition with the Lib Dems led to him becoming prime minister.
Following the vote, cross-party politicians agreed to swift talks aimed at passing the EFSF bill on the second attempt.
Iran's new president says his country is ready for "serious" and swift talks with world powers over the nation's controversial nuclear programme.
Business leaders also called for a swift return to talks.
Prospects for a swift resumption of peace talks remain clouded, though, by political turbulence in Israel.
