Word: bump
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...escapist fare like Marx Brothers comedies and monster flicks. Box office grosses rose during five of the last seven economic downturns in the U.S. - including the '70s oil crisis and the burst of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. It's not just a ticket price bump that accounts for the extra dough, either - the total number of movies people see in a year tends to rise in recessionary periods...
...result is grade inflation, especially in new products like CDOs. That's how banks and investors around the world ended up owning billions of dollars in triple-A mortgage junk. It also helps explain the growth of bond insurers, companies that used their own triple-A ratings to bump ever more bond issues into the top categories--even as their businesses ceased to be triple-A safe...
...athletes, not including football, which operates under a more complicated AI-based system, land within one standard deviation of the mean AI of the entire student body.Amaker cannot navigate around these regulations: If Frank Ben-Eze, the reported prize of his incoming freshman class, does not bump his AI up to 171, he will not be admitted to the Class of 2012 next month. Nor can he attend traditional top dog Penn—another suitor mentioned in the Times article—which had its string of three straight Ancient Eight titles snapped this season. Harvard can recruit athletes...
...Whether Once won the Oscar or not, the record label was prepared to get a significant sales bump from the telecast. Hansard and Irglova's stripped-down, honest performance stood in stark contrast to the glitzier production numbers of the other nominees. When Irglova had the unprecedented experience of getting a second shot at an Oscar acceptance speech after the orchestra played her offstage, she expressed something rare in Hollywood - sincere gratitude. "This is such a big deal," said Irglova, the only woman in the Kodak Theater who appeared to have gotten ready without the help of a staff...
...Scope” sounds a lot better than it actually is. A closer look at songs like “Scope” reveals the album’s weaknesses. The Jeezy-esque beats are very poorly mixed and don’t bump hard enough for Troy’s forceful swagger. There are no guest appearances to shake up the sound; as consistently strong as he is, Pastor Troy can’t carry an entire album by himself, although he ought to be commended for trying (take note, David Banner). Finally, the release’s weak...