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But it was a bittersweet accomplishment because he was forced to throw 134 pitches to get through nine innings, substantially more than the Mets wanted him to throw at that point in the wake of his first shoulder surgery.

Then, last week, Andrew Parker of MI5 made the same point in the wake of Paris.

A NUMBER of commentators made the point, in the wake of the AIG bailout, that AIG was not, strictly speaking, a financial concern.

Britain's fostering system is being strained to breaking point in the wake of the tragic death of Baby Peter, and the system will collapse unless more carers are recruited, a leading charity has warned.

Even while at its lowest point in the wake of the dramatic Baur Au Lac raids on 27 May, Fifa's officials were busy putting the final touches to what was an organisationally successful women's World Cup in Canada.

Israeli police were also put on a state of high alert in Israeli Arab towns, where already simmering racial tensions were likely to reach boiling point in the wake of yesterday's attacks.

The Dow swung as much as 600 points in the wake of the Fed statement, at first sinking over 200 points.

Another poll at the time reported that Obama's approval ratings on national security increased eight points in the wake of the Awlaki killing.

Animal protection is also, he said, a rare bipartisan issue in the state, which has suffered bitter partisan finger-pointing in the wake of protracted budget woes.

As in other countries, government stimulus measures and a string of interest rate cuts — totaling 4.25 percentage points — in the wake of Lehman Brothers' implosion last year also helped prop up the economy.

On Thursday, for example, the Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 47 points in the wake of Mr. Greenspan's testimony, but the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 121.27 to another record.