Immigrants from around the world pumped new skills, innovation, enthusiasm and just plain hard work into a labour-hungry, creatively starved economy.
Members of the association spend much of their time lifting houses or moving them back onto their foundations (after the basements are pumped out), skills that were in demand last year in regions that suffered hurricane and flood damage.
A hip-hop super fan blessed with precision sushi-crafting skills pumped out a crew of rap icons constructed entirely from rice, seaweed, and raw fish.
By pumping up Obama's debating skills as high as they could get away with, Republicans were, in essence, admitting that the whole TelePrompTer slam was, at heart, not only wrong but downright silly.
The only jobs the long-term unemployed can get tend to be badly paid, low-skill service jobs — pumping gas, cleaning houses, stocking grocery store shelves, that kind of thing.
Not only will this get your dog's blood pumping, but it will also help with his/her social skills.
Here you just sort of have to watch out about not pumping your smithing and sneaking too high without keeping your combat skills up.
The skill of engineers in reclaiming flat sandbanks by pumping up more sea sand is well established.
In fact, word is that some of the banker types whose plum jobs have disappeared have been invited to start applying their abundant speculation skills to pump up virtual trading businesses.
Cabela's Monster Bass will put players' angling skills to the test as it focuses on the most exciting part of fishing – adrenaline pumping, fish fighting action!
