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  • I have the standard cop upgrades: total recall, overextended acuity, critical stat sensitivity that makes me into a human lie detector, and bumped-up lateral reasoning.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • I have the standard cop upgrades: total recall, overextended acuity, critical stat sensitivity that makes me into a human lie detector, and bumped-up lateral reasoning.

    365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Without the maraschino red lipstick, bumped-up hair, head-band and clinic-white apron, she doesn't bear an especially close resemblance to "Flo," the insanely perky hostess she plays in ads for Progressive Insurance.

    The Funny People Behind the Famous Ads Don Steinberg 2011

  • The purchasing power of workers in China receiving newly bumped-up wages is pushing up prices of goods there.

    Oil's Slide Is Good for Asia, But It Comes With a Catch Peter Stein 2011

  • The changes include more-feminine fits, "super stretch" denim for women, fashion collections that take note of runway trends such as the 1940s-influenced florals currently in stores, the introduction of shoes and accessories, and bumped-up ad campaigns with name models such as David Gandy , shot by fashion photographer Carter Smith .

    The Shopping Science Behind Lucky's Revamp Christina Binkley 2012

  • Sometimes we go out of stock like lemonade on a hot day, and sometimes the bumped-up quantity just sits there month after month, barely touched.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Sometimes we go out of stock like lemonade on a hot day, and sometimes the bumped-up quantity just sits there month after month, barely touched.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Sometimes we go out of stock like lemonade on a hot day, and sometimes the bumped-up quantity just sits there month after month, barely touched.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • Some analysts warn that a bumped-up U.S. troop presence in the north could spread instability there, as fighting inevitably breaks out between troops and the insurgents who will try to attack them.

    Afghanistan's North Heats Up 2010

  • Sometimes we go out of stock like lemonade on a hot day, and sometimes the bumped-up quantity just sits there month after month, barely touched.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

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