Only swift and decisive action by the leaders of Europe's big economies is likely to head off the current crisis.
I'd seen it as a way to discuss not only Swift in particular but relationships in general.
But the two kings and their advisers have seen that the demise of nearby presidents was not only swift but cheered by their own subjects and foreign allies alike.
In contrast, Duterte was not only swift to deliver aid to Tacloban, one of the worst-hit areas but personally visited the devastation, giving a tearful speech criticising local government's inertia.
Only swift action by the Florida Legislature, which the Republicans say was tacitly legitimized in both rulings, can guarantee that the state's six million voters are represented in the Electoral College, their reasoning goes.
By the time deadline rolls around and you have spent four or five hours in intense communion with this person, if you are lucky and the planets are in the right alignment, you can make an exhalation onto the page, which is not only swift and accurate but also has some of those resonant phrases".
