The third of a percentage point lift would limit the downside risk to our Q4 GDP growth projection, which remains 2.0%.

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While the point was enough to lift Spurs off the bottom of the table and out of the Premier League's relegation zone, Redknapp felt they should have clinched victory.

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Then, he hit five 3-pointers in the third quarter to lift Golden State to a 20-point lead and its third straight victory in this frenetic and flashy series.

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The tech recovery is still in its early stages and hasn't reached the point where the rising tide will lift all boats.

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Given this, the Federal Reserve was bound to raise short-term interest rates this week and it would have been wiser to lift them by more than the quarter-point that it opted for.

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But it should also mean that when a few key economies make a turning point toward recovery, those countries will quickly lift the rest of the world with them.

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In a wild eight nights, which included a staggering 38-point performance Friday against the Lakers at Madison Square Garden, Lin helped lift the sagging Knicks to five straight victories.

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Thus, as critics of both the two-MRC standard and successive defense budgets would point out, albeit with entirely different emphases, continuous shortfalls in strategic lift, war reserve stocks, and specialized assets made the threat of a full-fledged second MRC less than totally credible.

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