Word: lifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...delivered Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. sharp - another quarter-point that makes it a record-breaking 11 cuts for 4.75 percentage points on the year. The Fed's short-term target now stands at 1.75 percent, the lowest it's been in 40 years, and those who get a lift from still-cheaper money - theoretically, borrowers, lenders, investors, homeowners and just about everybody who could use some extra cash - get another 25 points to throw on the fire this winter...
...agony and in anger. If the driver had looked in his rearview mirror before he opened the door, he would have seen my front light (it was 5:15 p.m., already dark) approaching him along with the traffic on Broadway. If he had looked, I might be able to lift my left arm over my head, my left eye wouldn’t give me the look of a drug addict, and I would be spending my time writing my thesis, not going to more medical testing, more doctors’ offices...
...role has been to provide a lift for us on defense, get a steal when we need it, a basket when we’re down,” Gellert says. “I don’t think I was recruited here as a defensive stopper, but it happened...
Merchant’s slam only counted for two points, but Penn was never the same. It was a typical contribution from Merchant, who consistently provides a big lift for his teammates off the bench...
...Brady’s definitely a sparkplug for us,” Prasse-Freeman said. “Put him in anywhere at any time and he’ll give you a lift. He changes the complexion of the game with his athleticism...