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But it appears Brazil is finally ready to shift the fight into high gear in January, after raising reserve requirements early last month.

To understand why timekeeping has suddenly lurched into high gear, it helps to know a little about how atomic clocks work.

If I see a bunch of sick people, maybe a big infection is around, and I better kick my immune system into high gear.

Shifts of this kind have gone into high gear since the start of the year.

Then, while Wally was still being brought down from the tower, standard emergency procedures went into high gear.

The three rivals lurched into high gear(2), launching the greatest race of the decade as they roared across the starting line.

Although the investigation has gone into high gear, Food and Drug Administration officials say much of their information remains sketchy.

The worst stretch will be the next few months, the economists say, coming as elections shift into high gear.

"We need to put this investigation into high gear, ramp it up, " said Jack.

Performance, scalability, manageability, and portability all got much better, and the Internet revolution kicked into high gear.

I'll wait until he gets worn day, beats some guys up along the way, then I can kick it into high gear while everyone else is dead-tired.

Japan needed to destroy the remaining Pacific Fleet carriers before America's immense industrial base kicked into high gear.

All of that has kicked Western auto makers into high gear.

The advance kicked into high gear following an unexpectedly strong report on U. S. manufacturing activity.

In the month of September, 1909, the reformers accelerated their drive for a central bank into high gear.

A combined U. S. civilian and military aid effort in the tsunami-ravaged region of Asia moved into high gear Monday.

Use this to your advantage and kick your morning routine into high gear.

Since Congress made the appropriations, the Peace Corps program has shifted into high gear.

You must first be a regular exerciser, though, says this trainer guy who likes to kick things into high gear.

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The exploitation of solar energy is gradually moving into high gear .

The reveling switches into high gear around midnight.

For a college graduate: The adventure has begun and it's time to shift into high gear .

Now we need to move this campaign into high gear and steer our world to safer roads ahead.

That is why, in response, PR executives are swinging into high gear as well.

Most of us don't kick into high gear until something goes wrong.

There is confusion and frustration over logging that kicked into high gear because of this change.

What is it about warmer weather, or "spring fever" that amps our libido into high gear?

You like that? Let's kick this into high gear, huh?