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...Japan's economy contracted at an annualized rate of 12.1% in the last quarter of last year - the sharpest downturn since the oil crisis of the mid-1970s. Tokyo is working on an additional stimulus package - the country's third in the last six months - that is expected to pump at least $100 billion more into the economy...
...list—a mark she reached in the day’s first contest.“I didn’t even know [of my standing],” Francis said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates. They just pump me up.”“Jen’s been having some great at bats lately so it was nice to see her today really connect and get a hold of one,” Allard added. “She’s an offensive spark...
...mentalist hoping to relive his former fame. Troy’s father (Tom Hanks, both on screen and in reality) cannot understand his decision—and neither can the audience. Buck Howard (John Malkovich) is nasty in person and not very talented on stage. His signature fist pump of a handshake and the catchphrases that turn up in every performance quickly become tiresome. Buck’s story is based on the life of The Amazing Kreskin—the mentalist and TV performer who achieved a brief moment of fame in the 1970s—but Malkovich?...
...Amid this unease, some see the recently passed federal stimulus package as a much-needed silver lining, promising to pump billions of dollars into scientific research...
...Funding [an Afghan] force this size will be a major challenge - especially if it succeeds," says Stephen Biddle, a military expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. While the West will pump in the billions needed to fund the force during wartime, they'll turn that spigot off as soon an uneasy peace emerges. "Yet, the Afghan government is very unlikely to be able to pay these costs itself even if we make optimistic assumptions about economic growth and government revenue extraction potential," Biddle says. "The result could easily be a postwar Afghan security force too large...