He pledged investment to ensure troubled households get more support, rather than "shrugging our shoulders".
But there comes a point when the market will run out of shrugging power.
Although wrongdoing has not been proved Spaniards are angry, they are not shrugging anymore.
Milosevic is weathering the storm of protest by shrugging off the opposition as little more than an irritant.
General Musharraf became a darling of the press, giving candid interviews and shrugging off criticism as a healthy corrective.
New numbers out this morning show the economy may be shrugging them off.
But Strachan was shrugging it off as just one of those games when everything went right for the underdogs.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda shares rallied in Tokyo, shrugging off the recall.
The market is shrugging off the surprising Apple (AAPL) earnings miss with futures set for a flat open.
Ibrahimovic initially tried to volley Stoor's cross from the right and regained control before shrugging Ramos to the ground.
Shrugging off the past, Arena Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Jack Lief thinks he has a new weight-loss pill that will work.
Characterized by repetitive spinning, bouncing and shoulder shrugging, Bhangra somewhat resembles hip-hop.
"We just didn't make any money there, " Liddy says, shrugging his shoulders.
It embraces the comforts and pleasures of modernity, while shrugging off the basic sacrifices that built our civilization in the first place.
Shrugging off convention once again, despite the fact that a lot of them are actually older than their own parents were when they became grandparents.
He grinned widely and shrugged his shoulders and tipped his head, and she mirrored him, shrugging her own shoulders and making a funny face.
For now, Mr Barak, shrugging off his Knesset setback, is concentrating on the short run, and the dramatic changes it could hold in store.
The impressive Noon wrapped up victory for England with 11 minutes remaining, shrugging off two tacklers to force his way over in the left corner.
This shoulder-shrugging, take-it-or-leave-it approach has more gravitas than the teenage "whatever".
Markets are shrugging off economic data Thursday morning, after jobless claims, retail sales and inflation data on the producer side showed slight improvements in all counts.
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Khan did all that was expected of him, shrugging off Bailey's early charge and showing good hand-speed and punching power before the referee had seen enough.
"There are just things in this game, no matter how you try to explain them, they defy explanation, " Ryan said, shrugging away Wisconsin's long run against Indiana.
Tourette's syndrome is marked by movements such as shoulder shrugging, eye blinking and head jerking, as well as bizarre vocal tics including barking and uncontrollable outbursts of profanity.
In commodity markets, oil futures edged higher, shrugging off a bigger-than-expected increase in U.S. oil inventories that highlighted the weak pace of demand in the world's biggest oil consumer.
Shrugging aside his disappointment, Contador showed his class by winning both the Tour of Spain and Giro d'Italia, joining a select band of riders to win all three major stage races.
The spot, which aired on cable television and the Web, shows a clueless blue-shirted store salesman stammering and shrugging when a customer asks him to explain the difference between two laptops.
Shrugging off blunt criticism on this score from Mrs Clinton, Mr Netanyahu earlier this year approved a Jewish building project in the heart of a Palestinian district close to Jerusalem's old city.
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The Blues responded with the last move of the first half, James shrugging off a weak Skrela tackle in midfield then bursting away at lightning pace to scorch in under the posts.
Homeland officials have expressed concern that the lack of coordination undermined the department's relationship with state and local officials who were left, one official said, "shrugging their shoulders" and wondering what to do.
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