The speedy ratification put to rest concerns about a power vacuum, which were voiced within the governing party after Mr. Obuchi's hospitalization on Sunday.
Mr. Rosen had asked for a speedy trial, putting pressure on federal prosecutors to build and argue their case in a far more compressed time frame than normal.
But the speedy passage puts Mr. Cuomo in a better position to try to persuade the Assembly to follow the Senate's lead this year.
Strangely, the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, which is the tour's endurance event, suits the speedy Johnson, who put himself in contention for a third title here after playing the first 36 holes in nine under par.
In Memphis, Tennessee, there is a museum to speedy postal deliveries, put up by Federal Express, while the grand-daddy of folksy corporate museums is in Hershey, Pennsylvania.In Waco, Texas, the Dr Pepper Museum chronicles the history of the entire industry.
According to UNICEF, millions of children and women are at risk from death and disease unless a rapid and speedy response is put into action.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani had vigorously defended the contracting process as a speedier way to put public assistance recipients to work before they reach the federal five-year time limit on benefits.
With thick bluegrass rough grabbing and twisting club heads, and hard, speedy and sloping putting surfaces rebuffing shots like some jolly green Dikembe Mutombo, Oakland Hills almost pitched a shutout.
"Their reaction time is speedier than being put on hold," said Sydney Owen, 24, a public relations intern from Chicago who recently tweeted about a Southwest boarding pass she had misplaced and received a nearly immediate response from the airline.
Indeed, while criminal cases will continue, even constitutional guarantees for a speedy trial could be put to the test, meaning potential dismissals of less serious charges.
