Moreover, even if all the spending is new--extremely unlikely--pump priming loses its effectiveness over time.

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He seemed to have "pump-and-dump" written all over him.

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Wilco recalls one of his contributors, Aaron Preine, telling him last year he saw Duncan actually pump a fist -- a gametime rarity over the big man's career -- after realizing that no reporters wanted to talk to him in the locker room after a playoff game.

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"The UK has had amongst the lowest pre-tax pump prices in the EU for over a decade so the findings come as no surprise, " he said.

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Most of these broadcast-partners lack the know-how or capital to pump their own signals over the Internet, so they're happy to have JumpTV install the gear and give them access to a homesick audience hungry for news and entertainment in their native languages.

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Then when that scene was over, I'd walk over from the piano and go play the organ for another scene and then - a little pump organ I have, and then I'd pick up the electric guitar again and get all my distorted sounds out of that to go with the Indian drums and the things that were happening in the film.

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