Agile and swift, skuas force other birds to disgorge food; they nest near such birds as penguins, petrels, and terns and steal their eggs and young.
Mr. Bush called on NATO to re-create itself as a leaner and swifter military force to take on the new threat of terrorism -- including, Mr. Hussein.
The brothers made swift progress, forcing Prince Centurione to retire to Glarentza, which was unsuccessfully attacked by the Byzantines.
The subject matter of the third letter is similar to that of the second letter, and some scholars have explained this as a result of Swift being forced to respond so quickly to the Privy-council's report.
Thatcher responds with swift and decisive force, sending a naval force and in just over 2 months the islands are taken back.
Belatedly, Republicans are beginning to adopt some elements of the reforms we advocated: the creation of swifter, lighter forces, the cancellation of outdated weapons systems and a defense strategy that acknowledges our vulnerability to attack at home.
Is the French nation really so defensive that it must react with such swift and devastating force to a bit of jeering at a football match?
Over time, suggests Mr Bueermann, a justified alertness to danger may have warped into a belief that the swift use of force is the only thing keeping cops safe.
S is for shock and awe -- a term used by the American military to describe its strategy in Iraq, unleashing swift and overwhelming force early in a conflict to defeat the enemy quickly.
In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, declared that France's refusal to support the American invasion was a choice between "two visions of the world" -- America's "swift and preventive" force and France's patient diplomacy.
