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  • - I liked her, for being in a hurry to have the Concert over & get away, & for getting away at last with a great deal of decision & promtness, not waiting to compliment & dawdle & fuss about seeing dear Fanny, who was half the eveng* in another part of the room with her friends the Plumptres.

    Jane Austen's Letters To Her Sister Cassandra and Others 1796

  • "I expect the police to respond to every situation with promtness, proficiency and impartiality", Patnaik said.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

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