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The policies introduced by Alan Greenspan kicked in and the stock market furiously climbed the front end of the technology bubble.

Then there was the installer of soy insulation who cooked soggy pasta and made me watch football and whimpered and kicked in his sleep.

He felt as though he had been kicked in the teeth when he was dismissed after he had worked so hard for the company.

In fact we heard he kicked the bucket down in Texas last winter, he got kicked in the head by a horse he was trying to saddle up.

I think 90 per cent is brilliant. I never scored that much in an exam (although grade inflation had not kicked in back then).

THIS was supposed to be the year when a strong, durable American recovery finally kicked in.

"The first time she said it, it felt like I got kicked in the chest, " he said.

"My favorite thing, meetings, " he deadpans , but he's glad to see that her natural resilience has kicked in.

There's an old saying that putting someone on a pedestal makes it a lot easier to get kicked in the head.

I did not choose to see my talents wasted and my hopes repeatedly kicked in the teeth.

There's no lock on the front door from when police or whoever kicked in the door.

GDP in the developed world is still lower than it was at the beginning of 2008, before the crisis really kicked in.

What was not so great was that a lot of things shut down immediately, including the gas supply; the emergency lockdown had kicked in.

Then, the detective chased the driver on foot until he kicked in a door at a nearby residence and went inside, sheriff's officials said.

I said, 'I kicked in the front door.

"I guess our O. C. D. kicked in and we started trying to look at every paper we could look at, " Dr. Fang said.

There was a backup to the backup in the form of on-site diesel generators. And, sure enough, they kicked in.

"The antibodies kicked in pretty quickly. They thought it was very invasive, " he said.

He had been kicked in the head by a mule when young, and believed everything he read in the Sunday papers.

He suffered a retinal detachment after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby union match at his old school.

But instead of panicking, her journalistic instincts kicked in and she got straight to work on reporting from the scene.

Indeed, many voters feel as though they've been "kicked in the head. "

But in this year's first quarter, the company managed earnings of 92 cents a share as the company's cost cuts kicked in.

Kicked in a few dollars for the office party.

They smiled broadly as they approached, and a deep, primeval process kicked in.

" I had a cold . Honestly , the cold medicine kicked in too much, " he added, before sniffing loudly to prove his point.

As a soccer ball slows down after it's kicked in the air, the air flow around it changes from turbulent to smooth.

"He was just getting kicked in the teeth, " Mr. Damon said in a recent phone interview.

And the backup diesel generators kicked in, powering emergency lights and a cacophony of alarms.

You were kicked in the head by a horse, oui? So the brain doesn't work correctly.

And 52 percent of these purchased made during the first half of pregnancy as excitement and hormones kicked-in.

Hey, even IBM kicked in, but I'm still desperately waiting for donations. Thanks to the MIT license.

When they kicked in gear to save the old buildings, most of them had been demolished.

Recently, her door was kicked in by would-be burglars who were scared away by her three dogs.

Neither do I want to be kicked in the shin inadvertently as I walk past the photocopier by someone flinging out a leg behind them.

My maternal streak kicked in and I fantasised about wheeling him through the park and feeding him home-made goodies.

The man was severely injured during a mugging, when he was repeatedly kicked in the head.

The Chelsea skipper was accidentally kicked in the face by Abou Diaby during the win over Arsenal and immediately lost consciousness.

S. won't get its - - - kicked in the next Olympics, by those same players it trains.

Google Inc. , AMD and News Corp. were among the companies that each kicked in $2 million of funding.

This was the twentieth goal he kicked in the season.

But soon the language kicked in; by the time he left he knew hundreds of words.

Today, I got kicked in the crotch. It popped my cherry. I lost my virginity to a shoe.

Capitalist-roader's dad punched and kicked in the red arm bands sets of the Cross of the struggle vomit blood rib fracture.

Evolution kicked in -- and that's the cool bit.

Fund buying kicked in as the week's high (24355) was broken as well.

If the new rules had kicked in before the crisis, nearly every major bank world-wide would have needed a thicker capital cushion.

The number of applicants fell slightly when the fees kicked in, but then recovered strongly.

Just before she left she wrote: "I'm down to one day and my nerves have kicked in. "

But they failed to conquer anything and got their ass kicked in both wars.

And, of course, I had felt kicked in the stomach for years.

After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in.

In the years before the financial crisis kicked in, American demand contributed to global growth. This year it will subtract from it.

And a new lower tax rate kicked in on January 1, providing a one-off lift that will disappear from 2008.

This is still Silicon Valley: Getting kicked in the behind might just be your ticket to getting ahead.

Kicked in disgust and wanton ridicule, it learned from other people's eyes to judge good and bad.

In the years before the financial crisis kicked in, American demand contributed to global growth.

And this was when the fourth stage - depression - kicked in.

We all kicked in some savings to form what he named the Pappa Explosion Fund, our first taste of investing.

It hurts like hell to be kicked in the shins!

I'm on deadline and this cappuccino just kicked in, so. . . So? Bye. God bless.

In the EU itself, vineyard area decreased by a further 2. 5% in 2009 as the new subsidised uprooting program kicked in.

As government infrastructure spending has kicked in, China's steel prices have been rising, and iron-ore imports have surged.

When the program kicked in during 2006, it generated a substantial uptick in administrative expenses.

Bush hammered Kerry in 2004 as a "flip-flopper" for months until "about 40 days before the election, it kicked in, " Madden said.

In the days before it kicked in, multiplexes were jam-packed.

Its rebates kicked in if customers gave the firm between 80% and 100% of their business.

Well, it worked, and it kicked in at my office, but only on one side.

He had almost finished the song before the chemicals kicked in.

This week, the market rent kicked in the economy can bear the effect.

Oh - no - I never played basketball, I just lost a shit load of money on the NBA finals last year, and kicked in the TV.

The Chelsea skipper was knocked unconscious at 4. 11pm after being kicked in the face by Arsenal's Abou Diaby.

Airlines spent $62 billion on new aircraft in 2008 before the global financial crisis kicked in.

My instinct kicked in, all right?

You'll get kicked in the teeth, And it may never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway.

He kicked in after a long and painful illness.

At that point, however, the effect of lower interest rates, booming corporate profits and more attractive valuations kicked in.

I came home tonight to find my door kicked in, my laptop gone and my TV ripped from the wall.

Fed up of having sand kicked in your face?

Why? Because if a person stayed for six full months, the Factory Law kicked in.

He got kicked in the rear.

At that point, she says, the genes really kicked in.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.

The government kicked in funding and helped cut red tape, such as restrictions on visas for foreign researchers.

Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth.

And who is gonna get their butts kicked in Friday's championship game if Troy's worried about an audition?

Been kicked in the groin by a major, long-lasting economic downturn, so that you know how powerless you are. (add 1 point)

China has been in danger of overheating since its crisis-induced fiscal stimulus kicked in last year.

Kick in kicked in a few dollars for the office party

Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner

some creative ideas kicked in, and traffic strated to flow into my blog

I kicked in the door

sorry , mr . ennis . the kids ' drugs just kicked in

why am l getting arrested if l got kicked in my nuts