Word: starts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...steps to contain deflation, prevent another downturn in the economy, and to tame the runaway yen, now at 86 yen to the dollar compared to 93 a year ago. On Nov. 27, the dollar fell to a 14-year low against the yen, triggering concerns that the currency could start to unravel progress that stimulus spending has made on the economy this year, in part by wreaking havoc on export competitiveness. (See the top 10 colorful spouses, including Miyuki Hatoyama...
...fair, this elongated chase is punctuated by a series of fight scenes as mesmerizing as the movie’s opening. While these scenes are some compensation for the rest of the film, they too lack suspense and intrigue. The interactions between Raizo and his beloved at the start of the film are so laughably flat that his attempts at revenging her death fail to inspire even a shred of empathy. Mika’s motivations for tracking down the Ozunu are even less clear. Thus, each fight is reduced to a lovely but meaningless dance that is devoid...
...were off to a slow start,” Stone said. “We didn’t play poorly in the first period, we just couldn’t get to the net and couldn’t get the shots off our stick...
...happens, the news was full of them. To start with, the watercooler gossip of the week: the couple who crashed a White House dinner party, posing for photos with political bigwigs like Obama and Biden and posting them to their Facebook. Turns out these were no high-society fundraisers but—surprise!—just a flashily dressed, celebrity-obsessed couple from Virginia, who also happened to be auditioning for “The Real Housewives of D.C.” The subsequent Secret Service foot-shuffling occasioned much media meditation on the shortfalls of government security. More...
...great start to the first and second halves, and the goal is to sustain that energy,” Wheeler said. “One goal we did reach was that we outrebounded Colorado…We’re trying to improve all around, but the rebounds are a good start...