The Lancastrian soprano Alwyn Mellor, currently making a rapid ascent up the Wagner ladder, was an equally assured, impassioned Brünnhilde.
The young bird lands on a bough, but the adult disappears into the trees, making a rapid "yikker-yikker-yikker" call.
Twenty years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia, anti-gay legislation is making a rapid comeback, with St Petersburg becoming the latest city to ban "homosexual propaganda".
We are all faced with a world of sights and sounds and other stimuli, and our survival depends on making a rapid and accurate appraisal of these.
A hard-charging man, Mr. Hilbert pushed his company into a dominant position in the insurance field by making a rapid series of acquisitions, 19 in the 15 years ending in 1997.
The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England Result: US 15 beat Europe 13 Seve Ballesteros today attempts to emulate his old rival, Bernhard Langer, in making a rapid recovery from a traumatic Ryder Cup experience.
