But Mr Cardoso's officials were once wont to say that, like a recovering alcoholic, Brazil could not afford even a small shot of inflation.
The arcade industry has been suffering from diminishing profits for 15 years now, and Blitz just may be the game that gives it a small shot in the arm to help keep it going.
Demand for small cars shot up 27% while that for higher-end ones fell 10%.
Over the course of one month while pitching the idea to Landmark Theatres, Cringely and a small team shot an introduction and tacked on a brief text recap that runs without sound at the end.
An important note: the numbers are only a small snap-shot of American retailers.
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Craft beers are now brewed across the United States, and the number of small breweries has shot up exponentially in the past few decades.
Schindler, the father of three small children, shot himself in the head in his car on the Long Island Expressway on Feb. 13, 2012.
It is a 1970 picture of a small tricycle, shot like the Ford truck from a low angle, with two lower-middle-class ranch-style houses in the background.
His project, Small Town Inertia, is shot close to home in East Anglia and comprises intimate portraits firmly rooted in the documentary tradition, accompanied by the subject's story in their own words.
After dinner, I watched as my son hovered over his yardage book, recreating his round shot by shot in a small notebook, his tongue hanging out ever so slightly to improve his concentration.
Inspired by the Depression-era Farm Security Administration photography project, its photographers shot everything from small Midwestern towns, barrios in the Southwest and coal-mining communities in Appalachia to African-Americans in Chicago, urban renewal in Kansas City and migrant farm workers in Colorado.
He started a company called PrintingForLess.com in the small town of Livingston, a chip shot north of Yellowstone Park.
Two pilots, one in an Apache (that was) shot down on that mission by small arms fire, are now believed to be held inside iraq as POWs.
Calls to the BCC's Chamber Advice Line service, which aims to help small firms through the regulatory mire, have shot up by 25% over the last 5 months.
He received a pass and instantly flung a pinpoint wrist shot at the net, finding a small opening behind the Detroit goalie.
The Nasdaq shot 3.5% higher, the small cap Russell 2000 (IWM) ETF soared 4.4%.
He said Blackwater vehicles were later hit by incoming small arms fire from insurgents, including one which was shot through the radiator and had to be towed from the scene.
Mr Nyongesa said that the attackers threw explosives and shot their way into the police post in the small town of Gerille, approximately 200km (125 miles) north of the Dadaab refugee camp, which is close to the scene of previous attacks.
But local small businesses like Coupa that are willing to give new startups a shot are another important part of this ecosystem.
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The Northwest region is not much more promising, although a small new port at Prince Rupert in Canada (the most direct shot from Shanghai) is coming online.
To ensure that there was ample talent to fulfill demand, actors and directors, big and small, were legally bound to a specific studio, which wrote and shot its movies on its own lots, processed them through its own labs, and released them through its own distributors for exhibition in its own theaters.
The Fed refuses to take rifle-shot steps to help revive the credit markets for mortgages and for small business and consumer loans.
Many of Japan's small investors were burned badly in the financial crisis, when the yen suddenly shot up, leaving those holding overseas assets nursing losses.
We are talking about small and medium-sized companies that are emptying their barrels in a desperate shot at winning new customers and a feeble trickle of cash flow.
Laying across the seat, trying to be "small, " pulling Scotty down on my lap, realizing he'd been shot in the head and bleeding profusely.
The couple's vision for the place grew, and today they own a small but impeccable luxury resort, set amid scenery so captivating that director Peter Jackson shot most of his Lord of the Rings trilogy within a 20-mile radius.
That got him small, dark roles (he beat up Elvis Presley in King Creole, took a shot at Audrey Hepburn in Charade) until Wilder and Simon put him above the title.
The manager of the small private hotel where Sierra was staying reported last seeing her the day the surveillance video was shot.
But it's small potatoes compared to the creepiness quotient of the nearby town that offers the friends their best shot at finding a replacement fan belt.
But that didn't stop him hitting a hook shot 40 yards right, the ball rising 15 feet above the ground to sail through a small opening in the trees.
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