Word: lifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...senior economists publicly chided the government with a claim that interest rates were likely to rise after the poll whatever the result. It was in the second week that the race really fired, with the first big policy punches - Labor announcing a $A3.4 billion injection into Medicare to lift the proportion of doctor's visits paid for by the public health-insurance scheme, and the government promising to lower the cost of consultations through $A1.8 billion in extra funding. Labor followed up with its long-awaited tax and family policy, which promised - in line with Latham's overused slogan "ease...
...From there it's a matter of waiting for Mark Latham to appear and concede. And it's quite a wait. The blonde, spirited Member for Fowler, Julia Irwin, tries to lift the mood with an address in which she lauds her leader as someone "who never stands behind people, nor in front of them - he stands side by side with them." She gets a cheer, but former Labor leader Kim Beazley draws groans while being interviewed on the screen, when he argues that the result is better than some internal polls had forecast; he even manages to squeeze...
...until the bright lights of Currier were in sight did Dartboard’s heart rate begin to return to normal. Stretch, release, slip, heave, pull and lift: Dartboard’s wheels were free, and he was home safely for the night but still pondering what his next nighttime modus transporandi would be. But the novelty and convenience of the racks have been so addicting that Dartboard finds himself using them again and again—although still sweating it out each time. And while the chipper folks at transportation services confirm they’ve never lost...
...liberated many in the show from their 20th century backing boards. It's the perfect medium for the constantly metamorphosing creatures that inhabit them, from yawkyawk mermaid spirits to the rainbow serpent, Ngalyod. Indeed, so warped is the bark of James Iyuna's 2002 serpent that it threatens to lift off the wall. But what is a nightmare for conservators is a thrill for spectators...
...left side of the field. Hoff faked his defender by stopping the ball and making a move to his right. Just inside the box, Hoff let a shot fly, sending the ball so that it curved just over the right corner of the goal, prompting him to lift up his shirt and bite the end of it in frustration...