We need to work off some of the artificial strength that has resulted from high QE2 expectations and simply price in the fact that our economy is growing again, albeit slowly.

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This has created an irony: corporate Germany has gone from strength to strength even as the economy, beleaguered by high costs and rigidities, has faltered.

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For the rest of the retail segments, the jury is pretty much still out, although the pockets of strength in some of the high-end retailers has helped turn around some of the post-election doldrums they were showing.

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Meanwhile, the high-tech boom that began in the 1990s has not only survived the intifada but gone from strength to strength, fuelling impressive economic growth.

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His size, strength and speed are almost unprecedented in one player and this has been clear since before he entered high school.

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