Like so many endeavors with utopian origins, it fast became a corporate gold mine.
"Originally, I started them to amuse the children, but it fast became a way of amusing myself".
It started out as quite a dull discussion but as the hypothetical situation escalated – and boy did it escalate quickly – it fast became compelling, if not terrifying, viewing.
He declared a state of emergency, but it fast became clear that much of the army and police would not back him.
After an American soldier killed 16 civilians, mostly children, in Panjwai district last year, Majid Qara, a young Afghan poet, wrote a poem criticizing the Americans, and it fast became widely shared on social media here in Afghanistan.
Chung King Road was completed only in the late 1940's, but it fast became a destination for tourists seeking Chinese souvenirs and antiques, as well as a popular site for filmmakers.
Based around the slow-living movement – which as the name suggests, encourages people to live a self-contained lifestyle, reconnect with the earth, shun technology where possible and drive a bit less – it fast became a bible for an alternative aspirationalism based around distressed furnishing, cable knits, blood oranges and "quiet" breakfasts.
When Happy first opened up some eight months ago, it fast became a favorite..
It fast became a way to relate to a world where classmates wrote death threats on my book bag.
Visiting the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition: Grand Hotel - Redesigned Modern Life http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_grand_hotel.html it fast became apparent just how much innovation is related to hotels.
