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  • Some say it derives from the difficulty American mobsters have grasping the chatter of fast-speaking immigrants as it "zips" by; others say it's a slang plural of zeros.

    Jerry Capeci: Mob Murder In Montreal Could Trigger Bloodshed In New York 2010

  • The fast-speaking tour guide watched them carefully, and Davide ended up carrying them outside, and we soon followed.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • The fast-speaking tour guide watched them carefully, and Davide ended up carrying them outside, and we soon followed.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • The fast-speaking tour guide watched them carefully, and Davide ended up carrying them outside, and we soon followed.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • The fast-speaking tour guide watched them carefully, and Davide ended up carrying them outside, and we soon followed.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • We loved Aaron Brown in Europe, he was a brilliant counter-weight to all the fast-speaking, superficial news-reporting that CNN usually provides for the viewers.

    How now, Brown? « BuzzMachine 2005

  • He is doing a fine job at the Discovery Institute, he is a capable fast-speaking con-artist.

    Gilder: "Intelligent design itself does not have any content" - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Best known as Blossom's fast-speaking BFF Six, von OŸ went on to guest star on '7th Heaven,'

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • So many problems, in fact, that America's vast sports playground ought to come with a shocking warning label, or at the very least accompanied by one of those fast-speaking narrators who spit out rapid-fire warnings of the potentially dangerous side effects of our Saturday and Sunday obsessions.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2009

  • Talking about fast-speaking people full of energy, the day ended with Simon Willison of the Guardian who managed to bring up the heart rate of the organisers by changing his talk topic in the last minute.

    Yahoo! Developer Network Blog 2009

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