Cash back sure beats throwing in a car, a boat or a cruise, some of the desperate ploys used during the height of the real estate bust by real estate developers and individual homeowners alike.

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True, spending on new houses fell sharply again in July, but mortgage rates have been cut by the government's Housing Loan Corporation, and the government is considering reducing real-estate taxes and relaxing regulatory measures such as limits on the height of houses.

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Our tester also came with an adjustable height suspension and an Adaptive Dynamics System that governs the stiffness of the dampers on a real-time basis to optimize body and ride control according to driving conditions and the terrain.

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But to popular media columnist Natume Fusanosuke, Tezuka's work reflects real-life tensions -- specifically that between U.S. and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

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At the height of the Internet bubble, someone got the great idea that AOL, which had just about no real assets, should merge with Time Warner, which had a ton of assets.

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