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...actor, great guy, fun guy, but an intense guy when necessary... His films have been such a big part of my imagination.” Despite the differences between Sturgess and his character, the actor felt a kinship with the role of Ben. “He needs a kick-start to think outside of the box and not live in a safe environment, which is so easy for all of us to do. And I think acting is what stops me from doing that,” he said. Like Ben, Sturgess sees risk-taking as crucial...
...week ending January 26, 2008, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 200 points after the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts failed to kick-start the economy, the surge in searches for "recession" increased two-fold over searches for the term in the prior weeks of 2008. But as with searches for "gas prices" and "foreclosures," our concerns over the news was ephemeral. By the following week, those same searches decreased...
...competition among health insurance companies, prices can be driven down. While faith in the cogs of the free market is laudable, an issue as pressing as insuring the millions of uninsured Americans—and fixing our broken healthcare system—may require a bit more of a kick-start...
Indeed, Chavez's spending spree has given Brazil's long-dormant arms industry a bit of a political kick-start. Says Brazilian Senator Jose Sarney, a regular critic of Venezuela's president: "Hugo Chavez's armed forces have ordered 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 50 attack and transport helicopters, smart bombs, 24 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter planes. There is also talk of them buying nine submarines from Russia for $3 billion. It's very worrying. As Venezuela turns itself into a major military power, it obliges the other nations in South America to increase the power of their own forces...
...lead.All the momentum seemed to be in Harvard’s favor when Lin swatted forward Eugene Spates’ shot out of bounds on the Huskies’ next trip up the floor. But Ojougboh took the inbounds pass and drove for a dunk, which would kick-start a 12-1 run for Northeastern that put the Huskies ahead, 61-53, with nine minutes left.The Crimson came back and trailed just 65-62 after a basket by Harris with 4:48 left. But it wouldn’t get the ball back until 1:45 later. After Spates missed...