Finally, the GOP dodged ownership of the second great recession, which will inevitably hit when the Federal Reserve can no longer float the economy in pools of free money.

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Under severe U.S. pressure in the 1980s, Japan allowed the yen to float stronger, with no limit on its appreciation.

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You put some heat into the envelope to get you up and then you float with the atmosphere, there is no speed involved.

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No more leafing through the thousand or so resumes that float in from college seniors and recent grads hoping to catch a break into the sports business.

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Soft-spoken but no-nonsense, she oversaw the subsequent transition of the ringgit to a managed float in 2005 and the gradual relaxation of foreign exchange rules.

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Indeed, there could be no greater testimony to its health than the unsentimental ability to let one-time national champions float quietly off into another's embrace.

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Using a joystick, a geographer can float above the Earth, then zoom in on the bottom of Lake Tahoe, with no loss of detail.

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There is no question that dividends are one way public companies return cash flow to investors, but statistics prove that float shrink is better for overall price performance as the stock of companies who shrink the float using free cash flow rise more then companies using the same amount of cash to pay dividends.

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