This means that so many electrons were pumped up into an excited state by the laser that more were in that excited state than in their normal, unexcited state.

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So although takeover gossip has pumped up Vodafone's share price by almost a quarter since the start of the year, the company's market price is still significantly below what many would see as the combined value of its parts.

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So far, the Bank of Japan has pumped up the base money supply (along with expectations) and the yen has fallen 20 percent relative to the dollar since September.

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So what give me passion, what keeps me pumped up is the belief and understanding that we cannot turn back now.

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The bioreactor will have to be set up so that a similar volume is pumped through it, but gently to avoid killing the cells.

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Some will say the banks are partly to blame for the sluggishness of the economic recovery, having pumped up the leverage in the boom years and now - in this era of so-called de-risking and deleveraging - starving businesses with good growth prospects of the credit they so badly need.

BBC: Sluggish UK economy means slower Lloyds revival

"Classifieds pricing today is just so inefficient, " says Donato, who imagines that his new feature will serve as a sort of pumped-up Kelley Blue Book, one that is also local and in real time.

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