In 2008, prior to the credit crisis that kicked into high gear after the fall of Lehman Brothers in mid-September, the Central Bank responded to small business and individual demand to send capital abroad.

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After the Librarian of Congress declared that unlocking a cellphone violated copyright law under the DMCA (that's Digital Millennium Copyright Act) activists kicked into high gear in an attempt to prevent or reverse the decision.

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"Sun specializes in high-end gear, and somebody has to supply the computers that power this utility computing, " says Carr.

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But GOP leaders say cutting capital gains taxes is vital to encouraging investment, and keeping the economy in high gear.

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The next over, bowled by Yasir Arafat, was the one in which Pietersen went from first gear to overdrive, marmalising a chest-high full toss for four and smashing the next ball high into the pavilion.

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"When the comic high point of your movie features Steve Martin attempting to break dance while clad in hip-hop gear, you know you are in trouble", BBC News Online's Caroline Westbrook said on Monday.

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Nonetheless, Mr. Harper charges that academics like me, who are obsessed with high theory, cause "institutional inertia" in law schools and prevent the sort of evolution necessary to gear students up for the 21st-century legal market.

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So the full frontal assault on ringtone huckster purveyor Jamster is shifting into high-gear, at least in the UK, where joyous British citizens will no longer be subjected to those awful Crazy Frog jingles until after 9 P.

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