He was right to go for a big, bold and immediate stimulus plan.

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The improving economy and with an attendant increase in hiring is releasing some built-up demand by consumers who are now feeling bold enough to go out and spend several hundred bucks on an iPad, smart phone, TV or new refrigerator.

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The iPad is a bold piece of technology that dares to go against the complexity grain and make people simply happy.

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It is a bold system, since the defenders must be prepared to go one-on-one against the opponents' strikers.

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Letting go of her Today Show post at the pinnacle of success is an equally bold decision when you consider how many in her position would do just the opposite.

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Mr. Kuroda, who has promised to go all out to boost the inflation rate to 2% in two years, has said bold easing by the central bank is needed, raising expectations for this week's policy-board meeting, the first under his watch.

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Mr. Bersani may be committed to honoring Mr. Monti's existing reforms and, if he is bold enough to face down his party's left wing, may even be willing to go further as the price of coalition.

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