Today, in addition to writing a book on prime numbers, he oversees a private 13.5-foot-tall ramp open to him and about three dozen others in Seattle.

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However, optimism for an ECB rate cut was tempered by signs that the ECB isn't prepared to take more aggressive steps to combat the impact of the euro-zone debt crisis, such as ramp up open-market purchases of European government bonds.

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It's not an isolated, 28-room roadside mom-and-pop on an off-ramp: you can't just open the doors, sit behind the desk, and expect people to show up.

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That might have been the case had not Kiphart made the recent investment, but the extra cash should be enough to allow Lime to avoid raising significant amounts of money in the open market until they start to show significant increases in earnings from the ramp up of several utility demand management programs.

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The ramp-up of Rack openings is impressive with 24 units slated to open this year and probably 30 to 40 units each year thereafter.

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The following night, the tiger came up the smokehouse ramp and put his shoulders in the doorway, which was thrown wide open for the first time.

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Conversations with advisers to several potential candidates suggest that the first reason for the slow ramp-up is a basic one: The coming campaign isn't for an open seat in the White House, but rather will be a race against an incumbent president.

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