The "embedded" correspondents who reported on the stunningly swift march to Baghdad during the invasion are gone.

Then the maentwrog threw itself at its adversary in a stunningly swift attack, claws ripping.

It was a distinguished end to a roller-coaster campaign that experts say will be etched in memory both for its revolutionary use of the Internet and for its stunningly swift collapse.

In a stunningly swift move that shocked the courtroom and a nation still debating the finer points of closing arguments last week, the jurors filed back into the hushed courtroom at about 3 P.M. to confirm that they had reached a verdict.

When the judge refused to rule immediately on the admissibility of this evidence, the prosecutors rufused to go forward, delivering a stunningly swift victory to Mrs. Hutchison and her lawyers.

Analysts inside and outside the government say the large federal budget surpluses of recent years are likely to give way to a deficit in the fiscal year that starts on Monday, a stunningly swift turnabout brought on by the weakening economy and the costs of the campaign against terrorism.

The stunningly swift successes of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan amount to a huge setback for the longtime policy of Pakistan, which until the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 had supported the ruling Taliban.

Just like his progression in five weeks, from 50th to 11th to 5th to 3d to first, a stunningly swift climb, this tournament had a paralyzingly quick resolution.

Within weeks, a combination of market whispers and Hutton's financial weakness triggered a stunningly swift loss of confidence by bankers and brokers.

It was the latest development in the stunningly swift and sometimes bizarre end to Dr. Crew's four-year tenure.