Bachmann, who came sixth, swiftly announced her withdrawal from the White House race.
Watch the swimmers, runners, kayakers or canoeists on television, after all, and it's hard not to be distracted by the advancing digital figures in the corner of the screen, the furiously mounting hundredths of seconds, the swiftly advancing tenths, the steady accumulation of the seconds themselves.
As Mr. Flay peeled and sliced a second potato swiftly, almost mechanically, we remarked upon his lack of jet lag.
But when a second jury swiftly reached a guilty verdict yesterday, it was after focusing principally on Mr. Goldstein's state of mind during the few seconds it took him to throw the woman, Kendra Webdale, to the tracks.
A second might swiftly have followed when Wayne Routledge, switching wings with Kolkka, crossed from the left and Dougie Freedman got in a header that Robert Green turned aside splendidly, one-handed.
Saints had their goalkeeper to thank once again when he twice foiled Darren Bent in a matter of moments - first reacting swiftly to repel the forward's sweeping strike following a slick move involving Holtby and Parker, and seconds later blocking a low shot.
One veteran college counselor, Ted de Villefranca of the Peddie School in New Jersey, explained why quick responses are important: First, respond swiftly to the waiting list.
The novelty of being able to track your steps, calories or other metrics is appealing at first, but swiftly wears off.
A first graze swiftly turned up a welcome oddity in Czech surrealist master Jan Svankmajer's deliciously baffling Conspirators of Pleasure.
At Amorikot, the first head swiftly acquired a local reputation for corruption, seriously undermining the trust between teachers and parents that is critical when parents pay the teachers' salaries.
