After the first gig in Nashville, Swift launched into a detailed dissection of "Let It Go", a tiny bit awkward since Bay didn't know any of her songs to return the compliment.
But last week, Swift launched himself into the rapids when he authorised his agent, Caradoc King of A.P. Watt, to take his long-awaited new novel, The Light of Day, away from Picador, his loyal and long-standing publisher, and offer it to half-a-dozen rival imprints in a bidding war.
Swift launch is planned for late 2004.
Before Swift was launched, no one knew for sure what caused gamma ray bursts.
The Football Association, on whose home ground these grim events took place, launched a swift investigation, as will the Metropolitan Police, who have already made 10 arrests.
The Swift Playgrounds educational app, launched just over two years ago, is today available in 15 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese, Apple noted.
Mali launched a swift counter-attack and worked the ball out wide to Sambou Yatabare whose far-post cross was met brilliantly on the half-volley by Wolves winger Sako, his left foot sending the ball low into the opposite corner.
Italy did defend well, but only as a basis for launching swift and precise attacks upfield.
The reign of Spain was conclusively swept away as the Dutch, with less possession time, were content to launch swift counterattacks to negate the "tiki-taka" (short-passing) Spanish game.
More compact and organised, the five-times world champions soaked up wave after wave of pressure before launching swift counters at the Birds Nest Stadium in the Chinese capital where soaring pollution levels subsided an hour before kick off.
The U.S. players seemed to give up on trying to run with their swifter Mexican opponents, packing their own goal zone with defenders as if playing for a tie, though more likely lying in wait for a chance to launch swift counterattacks.
