Consumers were the main beneficiary of the government's fiscal fillip through the temporary reduction of the main rate of value-added tax (VAT), from 17.5% to 15%, from December 1st.Gauging the initial impact of this cut on retail sales is tricky because many shops are in any case discounting deeply.
Either way, the rebate cheque is a clever political tool to give average Americans a quick fillip from a tax cut whose main benefits will accrue years down the road to top tax-payers.Over the longer run, tax-cutters could also gain from the gross accounting chicanery with which this bill is crammed.
A place on the list can provide a marketing or tourism fillip, but Mr. de Villaine said his main goal was to send a message to fellow Burgundians.
The main aims of these efforts are to give a fillip to the region's Research and Development (R&D) efforts in space technology and development of human resources in this field, through hands-on experience in building and operation of satellites, and acquisition of new skills in project definition, funding and implementation.
The play was a fillip, not a filibuster, with the evening's main event remaining Jonny Gomes's three-run homer in the top of the sixth, which broke a 1 1 tie, and held up, guaranteeing that the teams, no matter who wins tonight, will return to Boston on Wednesday, for a sixth and then possibly a seventh and determining contest.
Except for a minor keyboard fillip at the opening of "Everybody Loves You," which recalls the main motif of Usher's "Yeah!," almost any song on this album could have been released during the late eighties or early nineties.
The ruling Liberal Democrat Party LDPP) won five seats, in a much-needed fillip for the prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi; an independent took the other.Heartfelt appeals to spouses, however, are hardly Ms Mizushima's main or only strength.
And Forza Italia's two main allies, the post-fascist National Alliance and the once-separatist Northern League, should give him a further fillip.
As an added fillip, both bills would provide long-term financing (from oil company fees) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the government's main program for acquiring open space.
He also suggested a fillip.
