But an editorial in the country's main newspaper, Noticias, echoed the sentiments of many Mozambicans: "When the West wants to intervene militarily anywhere in the world, they get there in record time".
With places getting filled in record time, and pressure from university management to get bums on seats in order to balance the books, the pressure was on admissions tutors to deal with thousands of frantic prospective students hoping to secure a university place.
The "Sweetener" singer and "Saturday Night Live" star may have split with their significant others, started dating and gotten engaged in record time, but don't expect them to tie the knot right away. .
My students had done a great deal of talking in their 3- to 4-minute locker break, and news of my departure had got around in record time.
Mr Lupi remarked that "millions of Italians wait years for justice" but for Silvio Berlusconi the court of cassation gets convened in record time.
Maurizio Lupi, the transport minister, said: "Millions of Italians wait years for justice, but for Silvio Berlusconi the [supreme court] gets convened in record time".
He shows me a cathedral that Ivan the Terrible got built in record time by denying food to the workers when they progressed too slowly; soon after the cathedral was finished, it began to fall apart, and it wasn't consecrated for many years.
Special thanks are owed to those contestants who went the extra mile to ensure that we got wasted in record time, particularly the founders of the The Whuffie Bank who not only wore identical shirts (swig!) but also identical jeans (swig!), shoes (swig!), ties (swig!), glasses (swig!) and faces (swig?!).
Doing fewer reps slowly and properly is better than maxing out on super-heavy lifts and getting done in record time.
The new Eurostar link from St Pancras can get him there in record time, and he will find it is not the only way are getting closer to Europe.
If you've got a cold or are scared you might catch one, here are a few ways that you can get over it in record time.
