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While the wire-thin Granderson's physique is in stark contrast to the bulked-up physiques of Bonds and McGwire, making him a walking advertisement for the post-steroid era, few even take notice of big home run totals these days, even if they're at or near the pace of what was once a legendary number.

A Pair of Yankees Conjure Up 1961 Daniel Barbarisi 2011

And the bulked-up sluggers tended to be slower on the basepaths, but of course better at hitting home runs.

Matthew Yglesias » Steroids and the Hall of Fame 2009

Nomura has been dealing with big losses in its bulked-up overseas business and a potential credit-rating downgrade.

Nomura Curtails European Debt Dealings Michael Rapoport 2011

Mr. Gates also made a plea for a bulked-up civilian mission to help boost the Afghan government's ability to guarantee the basic rule of law.

Gates Expresses Concern on Afghan Troop Drawdown Nathan Hodge 2011

If credit-ratings companies decide that France's €158.5 billion of guarantees to the EFSF are really at risk with a bulked-up fund, then the likelihood of a French downgrade increases sharply.

Tussle Over EFSF Far From Over Stephen Fidler 2011

While the wire-thin Granderson's physique is in stark contrast to the bulked-up physiques of Bonds and McGwire, making him a walking advertisement for the post-steroid era, few even take notice of big home run totals these days, even if they're at or near the pace of what was once a legendary number.

A Pair of Yankees Conjure Up 1961 Daniel Barbarisi 2011

In fact they increased everyone's spending, partly because some hospitals eventually used their bulked-up leverage to push for higher rates, says Lawton Robert Burns , a Wharton School professor and the AHERF history's lead author.

Veteran Health-Care Executives Say It Has All Been Tried Before, With Mixed Results Anna Wilde Mathews 2011

Lawmakers also okayed a bill calling for the, “strengthening of the real-name verification on Web sites,” says the story, going on according to the “bulked-up copyright law,” the government can nosw shut down an online message board for up to six months once the site is, “warned for a third time to delete pirated content and prevent its movement”.

New South Korea ‘3 strikes’ copyright law 2009

Alastair Cook's success as Test Cricketer of the Year was largely expected, reward for a year of wondrously ruthless run-gathering that brought six hundreds and a general sense of invigoration from a player teetering on the fringe of being dropped, to a bulked-up hall-of-famer in waiting.

England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards 2011

The result: Our planet was left with a single bulked-up and ever-so-slightly lopsided moon.

Earth's 2 Moons? It's Not Lunacy, But New Theory 2011