Word: lifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...average four-month gain in those instances was 11%. But even if this year makes it a perfect nine for nine, bonds could do well too. So listen to your gut. Bonds are a great choice if you're worried--and you won't feel sick if stocks lift off without...
...fight money laundering. The legislature also approved plans to hire new judges, prosecutors and police officers with special knowledge of economic crimes. "We see there is more criminality in the financial sector than we thought," admits Prime Minister Mario Frick. He added that the newly adopted legislation will lift the veil of banking secrecy in suspected money-laundering cases, but would not apply in tax cases...
...government had detained four men on suspicion of fraud, misuse of funds and money laundering. The four, who were subsequently released from jail uncharged, included Gabriel Marxer, a legislator in the 25-member parliament, and Rudolf Ritter, brother of Deputy Prime Minister Michael Ritter. Legislators agreed to lift Marxer's parliamentary immunity to allow him to be detained. In a separate action, police searched and carted away documents from two banks, the Hypo Investment Bank and the Liechtenstein Global Trust, which is controlled by Liechtenstein's ruler, Prince Hans-Adam II, and his family. Police did not disclose why they...
...beautiful thing about weight lifting is that it's a no-frills event. Contestant comes out. Contestant applies chalk. Contestant grabs bar. Contestant lifts bar. Contestant makes a happy grimace and drops bar. Contestant leaves stage. But it's not without drama, as the women try to psych each other out backstage by making their next lift heavier and heavier. Sort of like muscle poker. Except everybody's bluff is eventually called...
...nothing against the men's weight lifting. I know they lift more. And they have colorful nicknames like "Pocket Hercules" and cute idiosyncrasies like always wearing their lucky underpants. But there's something particularly sweet about standing next to a male colleague while America's Cheryl Haworth hoists 300 pounds plus above her head and watch him mentally calculate how many times over she could lift him. And Cheryl only took the bronze...