They perked up, the crowd perked up; they laughed, the crowd laughed.
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His son perked up at the mention of ice cream.
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The delegates perked up, switching their phones to camera mode.
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Sure enough, the bacteria perked up and started climbing the drain.
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Twitter's user growth rate perked up after the shift to algorithmic.
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Beginning around last year, bank deals perked up again, emboldening activists.
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He perked up and we sipped the fruity, perky local chasselas.
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Simons perked up when he heard the story of the miniwasps.
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Economic indicators have perked up — unemployment in December, reported on Jan.
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Detroit finally perked up at that point but couldn't break through.
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With consumer spending accelerating, inflation perked up in the fourth quarter.
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Republicans lost the quarter, despite everything, which perked up national Democrats.
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The meal, however, perked up at the end when the mints arrived.
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And each day since then he's perked up a little bit more.
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Bidding wars became less frequent and spring sales perked up a bit.
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In fact they declined in 2016 but perked up last year. Apologies.
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Downtown businesses had perked up, counting on an influx of new customers.
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At which point, Anthony perked up and became interested again in basketball.
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While core inflation perked up in June, gains are likely to remain moderate.
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But it perked up on the weaker dollar, which was down 0.3 percent.
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As the machines maneuvered behind the tuba and trumpet players, Ian perked up.
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Then I saw a few friends click "attending," and my curiosity perked up.
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Wood and leather are perked up with verdant notes of citrus and basil.
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When I told her I was an artist, she perked up a little.
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When the vibrating yoga pants were switched on, the party perked up considerably.
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The sitting woman, perhaps 50-something, deep lines in her face, perked up.
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She perked up, shot her head right up and said, 'Yes, where is he?
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U.S. stocks have perked up on the news, but that optimism could be fleeting.
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When I recently heard of a remote village of potters, my ears perked up.
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Such discoveries in cell and molecular biology have perked up commercial interest in longevity.
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Stocks perked up after a downbeat start to eke out a small gain Wednesday.
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With a start, Lena's head perked up off the table to look at him.
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The U.S. dollar also perked up from its recent slump and gained against rivals.
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Wheat perked up again on Friday on short-covering ahead of the routine Sept.
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Despite it all, one thing always perked up New Jersey residents: the cheap gasoline.
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But the officers perked up as a woman described a problem at a business.
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In the back seat, Igor Vaschuk, a software engineer with a goatee, perked up.
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When the oscillator fell to a negative-6.8 reading on Monday, Cramer perked up.
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Flows into U.S. municipal bond funds perked up in the week ended March 29.
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The Hurricanes perked up with 12 shots in the second period, but they didn't score.
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Long-term dollar and euro bond yields have perked up a bit in recent weeks.
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Then he heard where I worked and saw my financial documents and immediately perked up.
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If we had been on that flight, our ears most certainly would have perked up.
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Zuca perked up and gently approached the kitten, and the pair formed an immediate bond.
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Treasury yields perked up after the data releases but quickly gave up their slight gains.
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The second man, Hemant Das, perked up, sensing the approach of a change of career.
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I leave feeling a little bad, but am perked up by the taco bar at lunch.
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Prices fell steeply, although they have perked up lately on speculation of renewed demand in China.
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When Motiv told me what they were working on just ahead of CES, I perked up.
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So when the talk in the Valley turned to income inequality recently, our ears perked up.
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But like most opponents of late, San Diego's bats perked up when presented with Cardinals pitching.
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Yahoo shares, which slumped for most of Tuesday as the overall market fell, at first perked up.
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Photos showed Prince George pouting, seemingly embarrassed by the situation, but he perked up again soon after.
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So when a PR person emailed me about Capital One's new money coaching sessions, I perked up.
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Since early 2015 growth in average hourly earnings has perked up from about 5003% to around 2.5%.
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The name perked up a bit in 2008, suggesting some parents may have been animated by Mrs.
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"Beef export sales perked up quite a bit," said Bob Brown, an independent U.S. livestock market analyst.
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" Mr. Velardo, 2600, perked up at what the man said next: "Actually, it's a big enough font.
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Natural resources prices perked up over the last year, which helped Noble raise fresh debt and equity.
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But that decline perked up the euro 0.82 percent on a relative basis, hurting the continent's exporters.
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Meanwhile, the euro area economy, which had been in the doldrums about a year ago, perked up.
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So when I was watching CNN a few days later and she popped up, I perked up.
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I'm sure that that part of his report really perked up the ears of big coffee. Right?
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" The Echo Dot perked up, with its all-sensing LED lights: "I don't answer everything about horses yet.
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Economists expect that Americans&apos confidence in the economy perked up in October after dipping the previous month.
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The small part of me that still has fond memories of wasting afternoons playing Shaq-Fu perked up.
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Then a Cassin's auklet flitted by along the surface of the slate-gray sea, and I perked up.
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Overseas markets rebounded, banks got a lift as a hostile regulator exited, and Big Tech perked up again.
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Riverdale fan's ears perked up when Meghan Markle and Prince Harry revealed the name of their royal baby.
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He was dressed in a blue track suit and perked up when I introduced myself as a reporter.
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Lynch's ears perked up when he heard the chant "Beef, Beef" coming from the direction of the screen.
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Over several days, every time he appeared on the beach, the crowd lazing in the sand perked up.
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Arabica July coffee futures perked up nearly 213 percent Wednesday and are up 22 percent in the last week.
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When she got to the teller, I didn't pay attention at first but, very quickly, my ears perked up.
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At least its share price has perked up a bit since hitting a low in August after botched earnings.
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Like Scott, he is happy his putting, a strength until recent months, has perked up at an opportune time.
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But demand has perked up in 203, with several lenders tapping his firm to help fill out restructuring teams.
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Told Tuesday of the stolen colon's triumphant return in Kansas City, Mark Themig, Healdsburg's community services director, perked up.
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The CBOE Volatility index also perked up on Tuesday, rising to a more than one-month high to 12.41.
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Then she perked up as she remembered that she could talk to her fellow legislators about improving infrastructure upstate.
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After Us Weekly broke the news that Queen Bey would be releasing a project with Netflix, everyone's ears perked up.
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My ears perked up immediately as I gathered that much from our receptionist on the phone and took the call.
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Risk sentiment also perked up after North Korea's latest missile blew up almost immediately after its test launch on Sunday.
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The S&P/ASX 25.1 index perked up 217 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,483 at the close of trade.
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OIL PRICES have perked up a bit, but producers are still reeling from the slump in crude prices last year.
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With the economy growing at a healthy clip, inflation has perked up after nearly a decade of mostly tame prices.
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Television news ratings, which had been falling for almost a decade, perked up; Mr Putin's popularity soared to new heights.
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"He'd come to Joe Louis, and when the guys heard he was in the building, everyone perked up," Granato said.
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Hurd has long argued for a digital approach to border security, so when he heard Stephens' pitch, he perked up.
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But she always had one escape — music — and she perked up as she recalled discovering that people admired her voice.
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I gave the toy a good squeeze and Archie&aposs ears perked up and his head tilted to the side.
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Brooke perked up and said that there are more murders in the summer because people sleep with their windows open.
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The S&P/ASX 200 index perked up 3.13 percent or 42.57 points to 5,478.5 at the close of trade.
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The bank's shares, which have hit record lows in June, have perked up on expectations that a major overhaul is underway.
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When Mr. Mewati, the Muslim politician from down the road, saw the crowd of women enter his courtyard, he perked up.
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But wage growth perked up in September, according to an earlier Labor Department report, rising 2.9 percent from a year earlier.
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Nano prices dipped as BitGrail informed users of the hack, but the coin appears to have perked up over the weekend.
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But when the treasury secretary came out against sanctions on bonds later that day, the rouble and the stockmarket perked up.
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Yet the Jets perked up for a stretch and registered six consecutive shots on goal, causing Minnesota to scramble a bit.
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The largely sedate crowd perked up when Bush took the stage, chanting "Jeb" when Bush bashed his Democratic and Republican rivals.
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I perked up every time I slipped behind the wheel, and most days I had to deal with rainy Northeast gloom.
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It perked up slightly in June but has declined over all by nearly 1 percent since the start of the year.
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The owners didn't have a ton of money but she was a little more perked up by the time she left.
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The issue grew into a scandal that saw Danes mostly side with their queen, and perked up ears around the globe.
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It's true that business optimism has perked up a bit since Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unexpectedly large election win in December.
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This way you can taste and adjust food on the site, and refresh any dishes that need to be perked up.
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But then, after the troop had settled down for its midday rest, Chausiku perked up and hurried away from the group.
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As always, the oligarch perked up at the prospect of an adventure and flung open his office door with a flourish.
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He chuckled and tilted his head at his colleagues, who had perked up and slung their rigs up to their shoulders.
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Then he perked up, calling for someone to turn the house lights on so he could take a selfie with the audience.
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Gold has duly perked up a bit since the start of the year, and the price rose by 1.6% on April 11th.
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So when the news recently broke that Ford Motor Co. designed a prototype for a soundproof dog kennel, my ears perked up.
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Charles perked up and said, "Oh, I know the words to this one," as he swayed to the music and joined in.
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Snap only caught a break last week when rumors that Google was interested in acquiring it briefly perked up the share price.
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So when Klay Thompson went over to the spot, just out of bounds next to the baseline, a few people perked up.
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Britain's household-savings ratio perked up after the 266 crisis, without ever reaching the 16.5% recorded in the last quarter of 1992.
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The heavyweight financials group gained 0.3 percent, recovering some of its losses from the prior two sessions as bond yields perked up.
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According to one report at the World Premiere, Gary's ears perked up every time Carrie flashed on screen as her signature character.
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A big crowd of autograph seekers perked up as they sensed me approaching and deflated again when they realized who it was.
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I told the owner, George Sher Ali, that I'd been in his shop before, several years before, and his ears perked up.
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The rate of growth in the economy's service sector perked up in January after its pace eroded in the prior two months.
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"The bottom line on this data release is that consumer spending has perked up," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies.
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As I finished my visit and walked out of CERN, my ears perked up at the familiar sound of American-accented English.
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Stocks in Turkey and South African also perked up, while Russian stocks lost 0.7 percent, declining for the ninth session in 11.
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When the sister casually said Felix's first wife supposedly drowned and the insurance company had questioned it, "my ears perked up," says Rose.
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The Rockets perked up when Jazz guard Rodney Hood was lost to an ankle injury with 210:113 remaining in the third quarter.
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Inflation expectations in financial markets have recently perked up, but in the euro area are still well shy of the target (see chart).
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So, when a coworker of mine wrote a story about haircuts that can give you a faux face-lift, my ears perked up.
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Toast spread with smoked swordfish whipped into a smooth brandade was lovely, though, perked up with pickled onions and dotted with poppy seeds.
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After a few months of frustration, the kid perked up during a lesson where the students vocally propose solutions to problems they're having.
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And after years without success, the fortunes of the national team have also perked up, with Turkey winning a place in Euro 2016.
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Bucking the trend, gold stocks perked up with Newcrest Mining up 1.3 percent as the yellow metal steadied with a fall in dollar.
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While the fam was catching the film on television, Julia perked up at one particular scene, and it's one of our favorites, too.
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Equities also perked up after euro-zone data showed business activity accelerated more than expected last month, helping offset downbeat news from China.
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THE bleeding stopped on the third day: sterling steadied and stockmarkets perked up on June 28th, after two sessions of carnage (see article).
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He perked up, though, when a fellow-passenger mentioned that Spalding Gray is believed to have killed himself by jumping from the boat.
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Material stocks perked up in late-afternoon trading on news that President Donald Trump plans to unveil an infrastructure spending plan in 2018.
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The recent battle over a citizenship question on the 2020 census perked up ears and attention on both sides of the political aisle.
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Major stocks perked up by midmorning as oil prices moved higher, but the rally lost some steam by the end of the day.
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But the audience perked up when he explained that the arsenal's radiators now heat the space in seven minutes, rather than two hours.
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I told Dinesh about my movie plans that evening and his demeanor, which had been somewhat staid to that point, perked up immediately.
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As reported by Veronica Miracle, Gary watched the movie on Fisher's former assistant's lap and his ears perked up each time Leia appeared onscreen.
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Equities also briefly perked up after euro-zone data showed business activity accelerated more than expected last month, helping offset downbeat news from China.
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She interviewed Carrie Fisher's assistant outside the event, where she revealed Gary's ears perked up each time the legend appeared on the silver screen.
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But suddenly, 17 days later, she perked up and asked for what her brother, Paul, called "odd food": dill pickles, liverwurst and seed bread.
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On the data front, yields briefly perked up after the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index came in higher than expected for December.
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She perked up, however, during a segment that explained to me why the floor of one of my closets is covered with drinking straws.
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Heads on the Senate floor perked up whenever one of the senators whose vote is being closely watched stood up to submit a question.
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Robbie immediately perked up at the perceived wrongdoing, and told his dad that he planned to call the cops on him when they got home.
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Pete Buttigieg, right now the dominant "moderate" candidate in the race, first perked up liberal activists by calling for the Supreme Court to be expanded.
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In mid-2013, Facebook shares perked up following its second-quarter earnings results and never looked back, at least as of the time of writing.
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Spray-tanning for music festivals and long weekends away perked up my self-esteem for years, yes, but the look no longer feels like me.
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Many people will recall Britain's departure from the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992 when the economy perked up quickly and the inflationary impact was limited.
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Manufacturing perked up last month, adding 17,000 jobs, but the sector struggled during the year amid a stronger dollar that made exports more expensive overseas.
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Their ears perked up last week when incoming interim CEO McLoughlin told investors the company is considering a "thorough and critical" review of its business.
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The doctors in the emergency room in Birmingham gave her mother some fluids to bring up her blood pressure, and she perked up a little.
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However, business surveys for May have perked up, pointing to second-quarter growth of 0.3-0.4 percent, according to IHS Markit, a financial data company.
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The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, perked up on the back of the news, reaching 11.
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The orbiter will catalog Mars' atmospheric gases while keeping its robosensors perked up for gases like methane that could offer hints of life on the planet.
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Observatory More than 400,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers living in what is now Israel perked up a diet of game and vegetables with something unusual: tortoises.
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The global economy has perked up over the last six months, with economic growth in Europe and China in particular surprising investors with their relative strength.
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Most of the cats perked up at the sound of human voices alone—tails flicked, ears twisted towards the sound, and a few made some noise.
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Commodity markets perked up a bit in response to Mr Li's speech, which gave hints of more stimulus measures in the offing to prop up growth.
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She explained that Gary sat on the lap of Fisher's former assistant to watch the movie and "his ears perked up" whenever she was on screen.
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Repeatedly, he complained about the walk, but he perked up when the aide pointed out that Mr. Rangel was working off the bagel he had eaten.
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They perked up a bit in the permanent collection — the mounted head of the locally-famous moose Old Bill, some Civil War weaponry, a bark teepee.
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And the fact that he's barely perked up in the presence of Aya, whose name might as well be Taka Bait, shows how helpless he is.
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It perked up the 2018 growth rate but it did nothing, as the above-cited investment numbers imply, to lift the economy&aposs underlying productive capacity.
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A few red-state Democrats, like Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, perked up during Mr. Trump's pleas for collaboration.
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Despite the moderation in consumer spending, inflation perked up in the third quarter, likely as a result of disruptions to the supply chain caused by the hurricanes.
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Economic growth perked up late in the first quarter, to well above 2% after looking to be 23% or less during the winter storms and government shutdown.
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The spider plant perked up considerably after a few days in the sunlight on the ledge of my apartment's patio, and even made a new snail friend.
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But it was Poloz's tightrope walk about the Canadian dollar, which briefly hit a nine-month high on Wednesday, that perked up the ears of market-watchers.
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When Greinke had to come out of the game I kind of got perked up a little bit because you never like to have to face Greinke.
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As the global economy perked up from late last year, Singapore's exports and manufacturing have bounced from depressed levels, helping lift inflation in line with official forecasts.
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The No. 6 Spartans perked up when Ahrens returned courtside as a spectator, and they rallied to defeat No. 10 Michigan, 65-60, on Sunday in Chicago.
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A roommate on the sofa perked up and asked if he'd ever invest in his lucid dreams start-up (the idea is a headpiece that induces them).
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He said customer concerns about potential legal limits on guns had perked up sales after a decline in demand in recent months led him to reduce prices.
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As soon as I mentioned my story, the professor — who was my adviser and also a friar — perked up and correctly guessed which dorm I lived in.
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And it was only a matter of time before rich economies perked up and the post-crisis period of extraordinarily easy monetary conditions came to an end.
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" Mary Rose recounts her reaction, saying, "When [Jordan] told me that, my ears perked up, and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, now I've got something to work with.
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Still, things briefly perked up when Kimmel's erstwhile frenemy Matt Damon joined him onstage, if only because the audience was so palpably excited to see a movie star.
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But when Pusha T blasted Drake for allegedly hiding his son, and not claiming his paternal responsibility, in his dis track "Story of Adidon," our ears perked up.
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After encouraging the mother to play with him, the group coordinator she was with gave the little boy a ball and he instantly perked up and responded positively.
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At the moment, Predictit is only pointing to a 28% probability of Brexit (from nearly 40% last week; unsurprisingly, the pound has perked up over the same period).
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Start with assertive and complex flavors: Think whole, tart lemon muddled with a pinch of salt, or floral hibiscus tea perked up with funky, fermented apple cider vinegar.
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George McGovern's 1972 decision to play for the caucuses had perked up interest in his insurgent antiwar campaign, boosting him before a surprise second-place finish in Iowa.
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As trade and economic turmoil perked up spot gold prices to a fresh 14-month high this week, demand in other major gold hubs suffered as a result.
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Asian trade has perked up after a long period of sluggishness (the exports of South Korea, a bellwether in this respect, have risen for three months in a row).
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Positive reviews seem to have perked up interest in the final days before launch, so that seems like a good sign for Apple's debut in the smart speaker market.
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Growth perked up only slightly, data showed on Thursday, helped by exports and business investment as the Swiss National Bank battles the strong franc with ultra-loose monetary policy.
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It's true that trade flows perked up in the first quarter of the year, with imports up 18 percent and exports up 55 percent, when valued in Chinese yuan.
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Despite jet lag — "On the way to the show just now, I kept falling asleep," he said — he perked up near the crackling campfire to discuss the new experience.
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The Mexican peso MXN= fell 0.5 percent against the dollar which perked up slightly as the euro lost momentum due to jitters about Italian banks and the stocks rout.
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Commodity prices have perked up, which may be a sign that the Chinese economy is holding up (if you recall, a Chinese slowdown was the big worry 12 months ago).
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However, the number of mortgages approved by lenders rose to a six-month high after its biggest monthly jump in nearly three years, suggesting the housing market perked up slightly.
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A study published last year by researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science made the point clearly by running de-acidified water over a reef; the corals perked up nicely.
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The deregulation and privatisations that followed not only perked up their own economies, but became a template for reform in many other countries around the world, from Mexico to Russia.
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Gold and base metal miners perked up in line with a pick up in the price of the precious metal, with Barrick Gold Corp up 0.7 percent at C$21.31.
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Radiohead's obsessive listeners perked up their collective ears for a fresh project in January, after the band created a new independent company, as it did before its previous two albums.
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Attendance has recently perked up — a consequence, perhaps, of media attention surrounding the opening of Shanghai Disney Resort in June — but the 11-year-old park had a terrible 2015.
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John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, also perked up when realizing that a seat would open up, which would give Trump an opportunity to appoint a replacement.
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After a long stretch of headlines about stubbornly low wage growth, pay has perked up as the unemployment rate has dipped to levels not seen since the dot-com boom.
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Veep Mike Pence was among the dignitaries who watched from his suite ... no doubt the spotlight belonged to Team USA as everyone's ears perked up when rapper Psy came on.
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At the mention of a bribery allegation, Mr. Trump "perked up" and told Mr. Tillerson that he wanted his help in scrapping the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the authors write.
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And though it was slow to start — and was almost canceled after season one — the show's audience perked up considerably in its second season (about which more in a second).
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On Thursday, the Being Mary Jane actress, 45, shared an instance where Miami Heat's Wade perked up her grueling day—by decorating her trailer with bouquets of roses and sentimental notes.
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So, when Dyson unveiled its new Airwrap this fall, complete with four spinning curling wands, a mini version of its award-winning blowdryer, and two smoothing brushes, my ears perked up.
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The mining sector was lifted by firmer copper prices and data showing economic conditions in China - the world's second-biggest economy and the biggest consumer of metals - perked up in August.
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Attendance leaguewide fell, but it perked up in 22004, when Manny Ramirez, the outfielder who had his best years with the Boston Red Sox in the early 22011s, played in Taiwan.
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The market initially perked up after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was quoted by CNBC interview as saying the trade deal between the United States and China is "about 90%" complete.
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We spoke to Smith's rep Daniel Hazan ... who says producers contacted him a few weeks ago to see if Smith would be down for a part -- and J.R.'s ears perked up.
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ABOUT THE PREDATORS (7-7-33): While Neal has perked up offensively, Ryan Johansson still is sitting with one goal on the season and brings an eight-game drought into Monday's contest.
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Image 2 of 2 BOGOR, Indonesia – Giant panda Cai Tao was asleep for much of his debut before media in the Indonesian city of Bogor but occasionally perked up to eat bamboo.
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Data in the coming week includes industrial production Monday, the Fed's beige book Wednesday, but most importantly CPI consumer inflation data Tuesday, after producer prices perked up more than expected in September.
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So when Kim Kardashian West offered to share her trick for looking wide-awake on shoot days, our ears perked up — and it was not what we expected from the concealer queen.
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The basic resources sector was lifted by firmer copper prices and data showing economic conditions perked up in August in China, the world's second-biggest economy and the biggest consumer of metals.
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LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - British retail sales perked up in November by more than expected, but stores' confidence for the coming months deteriorated ahead of Brexit, an industry survey showed on Tuesday.
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Yes, it sounds like a snoozer and in many ways it was, but I perked up when a tall nordic man began telling us a story about the Angry God of ARPU.
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Michael John Warren, the director of MTV documentaries about Drake and Nicki Minaj, perked up a few years ago when he heard about a big music film that was kicking around Hollywood.
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But, advised that France will hold a hotly contested presidential election next April featuring a Trump-like candidate in the form of Marine Le Pen, a far-right populist, he perked up.
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"While consumers have perked up recently, they still face a pretty challenging environment and there is no guarantee that they will spend at a robust rate over the coming months," Archer said.
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In 2006 interest perked up when Tsutomu Miyasaka of Toin University in Japan discovered that some perovskites are semiconductors and showed particular promise as the basis of a new type of solar cell.
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Social media certainly perked up when she received two questions, one from moderator Chris Cuomo, about Beyonce's "Formation" video -- which has been the subject of controversy because of its supposed anti-police theme.
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But they perked up when the conversation turned to their new film, talking about their characters, changes in the fashion world and whether the world can expect more Ab-fabulousness in the future.
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But something else is going on in the currency market that really perked up my ears," Boris Schlossberg, BK Asset Management managing director of foreign exchange strategy, said Wednesday on CNBC's "Power Lunch.
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Still, those numbers have perked up slightly from polling in 2018 that saw only 4 percent of those polled stating that they were confident in the veracity of content they encountered on Facebook.
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SAN DIEGO — As he was walking off the field at Qualcomm Stadium, Colin Kaepernick's ears perked up and his head swiveled just before he reached the tunnel leading to the visitor's locker room.
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And the housing market, a drag on growth for years after the crash, has now perked up and is feeding off supply-demand dynamics that are more typical of an early cycle environment.
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That's why my ears perked up when I learned about the federal contract to restore the electric grid in Puerto Rico, which was completely destroyed by the recent hurricane that hit that island.
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During Super Bowl 51 earlier this month, you might've perked up seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger (our new bastion of democracy) peddling an apparent virtual reality game, complete with augmented reality explosions and target indicators.
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Sales in China have since perked up on the popularity of the iPhone X, according to CNBC, though Apple remains potentially vulnerable to retaliation if the ongoing US-China trade war continues to escalate.
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The housing market, the most sensitive sector to interest rates, has perked up in recent months as the Federal Reserve's monetary policy easing has pushed down mortgage rates from last year's multi-year highs.
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She mentioned the hard drives in passing, and the Common Cause staffer's ears perked up: Common Cause was, at the time, challenging the district map drawn in North Carolina by none other than her father.
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I wasn't sure the dogs would like the music, or even care, but as soon as the saxophonist started to eke out some high-pitched, skronky notes, Ollie's ears perked up and he was transfixed.
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Last December's dramatic market low and upside reversal continues to seem like a consequential bottom, and in recent weeks tactical indicators have perked up, such as the number of stocks making new 52-week highs.
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Right at the end, however, my ears perked up, because Allen decided to ask him about GIFs, his one true passion (besides denying people health care coverage and humorlessly slobbering all over Donald Trump's ring).
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When we got to the subject of squirting, my ears perked up, and since I had a real teacher as opposed to a random internet video at my disposal, all my questions came pouring out.
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But he had already trusted Henry enough to tell him about the "vault," the room at the F.B.I. with special acoustic shielding, and Henry had mentioned it to his parents, whose ears noticeably perked up.
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Gold slipped to the lowest in more than a week on Friday as hopes of a thaw in the U.S.-China trade dispute perked up stock markets, while palladium held above $703,270 on a supply crunch.
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China's steel industry, in particular, has perked up as capacity cuts and production curbs boost prices and profits, while the infrastructure spree and housing boom have spurred demand for building materials from iron beams to cement.
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Mr Dershowitz also points to less organised checks, including critical commentary on social media, disapproving foreign allies and merciless late-night comics: Mr Trump has perked up American satire and the career of Alec Baldwin (pictured).
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So when we heard that one of AYR's styles racked up a 600-person wait list within hours of being available for preorder, our ears perked up and demanded to know what was so damn great.
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China's steel industry, in particular, has perked up in recent months as capacity cuts and production curbs have boosted prices and profits, while a government infrastructure spree and housing boom have spurred demand for building materials.
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And while British factories perked up unexpectedly in September, halting a three-month run of slowing growth, the bigger picture was subdued performance, just six months before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union.
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Not at the Game GRINNELL, Iowa — During the third quarter of the N.B.A. playoff game between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets on Monday night, a college basketball coach perked up from his sofa.
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The home crowd perked up when the 22-year-old Kovalchuk, wearing his familiar No. 215 given to him by new teammate Brett Kulak, hopped on the ice for his first shift in the first minute.
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Although it remains to be seen if the pickup in confidence will translate into a meaningful boost to growth, economists have been heartened by the range of indicators that have perked up over the last month.
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But when Ho Chi Minh City's property market perked up after a slump that followed the 2008 financial crisis, dozens of prewar buildings — spanning the colonial to modernist eras — were razed to make room for new ones.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A widely followed gauge of expected near-term stock price gyrations perked up on Tuesday to a six-week high as traders took to the equity options market to pick up some protective contracts.
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And while British factory activity perked up unexpectedly in September, halting a three-month run of slowing growth, the bigger picture was subdued performance, just six months before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union.
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But among the electorate, the antennas of some U.F.O. seekers must have perked up — polls have found that more than a third of Americans are believers — when they heard a presidential candidate actually talking about Area 2003.
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The only time any of her interlocutors perked up, she said, was when she mentioned that the profits of the trades Browder had executed for Ziff Brothers could have made their way to the Democratic National Committee.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economic productivity perked up in the three months to the end of September, growing at its fastest rate in more than six years, in contrast to its historically weak performance over the previous decade.
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Bank shares have perked up again recently as the Fed indicated a December hike was likely and traders bet the move would boost both short term and long term rates, making the industry's lending portfolios more profitable.
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Chinese investment into Hong Kong properties perked up in recent months both in the primary and the residential market after showing sluggish growth most of last year, according to data from Midland Realty, a real estate agency.
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The housing market, the most sensitive sector to interest rates, has perked up in recent months, catching up to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy easing, which has pushed down mortgage rates from last year's multi-year highs.
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Juliet still perked up at the rattle of a leash, still licked every drop of peanut butter (string beans were now too hard to chew), and still rallied a tail-wag when we walked in the door.
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When a news release for Robert Greene's documentary "Bisbee '17" landed in my inbox, I perked up: My great-great uncle Lemuel Shattuck grew wealthy in the early 210th century from his copper mine in Bisbee, Ariz.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's sluggish economy perked up slightly during the past three months, an unexpected boost that clears the way for the Bank of England to raise interest rates next week for the first time in a decade.
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So, when I found out recently that there exists a chocolate supplement that promises to help keep my skin looking youthful, I perked up (but tried to stay skeptical, if only to justify my decade-long cocoa ban).
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She perked up when Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, began to ask Dr. Blasey why she waited to come forward, which, Ms. Renz said, was precisely the source of skepticism she had heard from those she knew.
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It tastes meaty, a bit like lamb, or at least more like lamb than anything else on the menu, and its flavor is considerably perked up by some tart foraged mirabelle plums, salted and dried before the winter.
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She hadn't been eating or drinking much at home, so I admitted her to the hospital for a few days for hydration and she perked up, rising like Lazarus yet again, and returned to my clinic the following week.
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The rapid jump in Treasury yields – with the 10-year hustling from 1.86 percent on Election Day to a new 2016 high of 2.34 percent Friday – chased income-fixated investors out of bond funds as inflation expectations perked up.
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Then there were a couple of eye-catching stock reactions: Shares of the big U.S. car manufacturers Ford Motor and General Motors both perked up in a down market early last week on mediocre auto-sales figures for September.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's dominant services sector unexpectedly perked up in July, a major survey showed on Monday, but this did little to shift fears that Brexit risks and U.S.-China trade tensions are pushing the economy close to recession.
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This perked up the ears of many Windows specialty blogs and rumor sites, extrapolating that a Surface phone was actually in the works, a long, long rumored device that would combine the looks of the Surface line with Microsoft's mobile software.
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The Center staff reports that Langly has especially perked up now that two new otter companions, an older female named Pip and another yet-to-be-named baby girl friend, were introduced in mid-June — and the trio get along swimmingly.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's services businesses perked up in February after the weakest start to the year in almost a decade, according to a survey that reinforced market bets that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again in May.
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During a stop to court voters at the A. Philip Randolph Senior Center on West 146th Street, his audience, eating 50-cent breakfasts of hard-boiled eggs and Cream of Wheat, perked up when Mr. Wright spoke of his father.
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But liberal ears perked up with the study's estimate that $22019 billion would be saved from negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs as well as administrative savings because public insurance is cheaper to administer than private (6 versus 13 percent).
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While sitting in a wheelchair, Ms. Katsura perked up when telling a visitor how she met a "kindly" Korean man more than seven decades earlier, when they worked in a power station in her hometown, Ebetsu, near Sapporo in northern Japan.
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At the mention of her favorite show she perked up, but it didn't last long: After watching TV, she broke down into tears and yelled at my wife and I as we tried to move the slow-as-molasses day along.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Lending to Canadian small businesses perked up in November after declining for the past six months on gains in the construction and transportation sectors, which could bode well for economic momentum heading into the end of 20.25, data showed on Monday.
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We got the model Saturday heading into the Empire Polo Club for round two of the festivities, where she was trying to be incognito -- but appeared perked up and fully engaged with our camera guy ... making her love for Beyonce loud and clear.
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When Atari announced it was jumping back into the game-console arena, those old enough to remember the 8-bit glory days of the Atari 2600 — like myself — perked up, briefly lighting up whatever part of the brain responsible for feelings of nostalgia.
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The first half was poor, with Bacca's goal giving Colombia a deserved lead at the break, but things perked up in the second half as the host nation pressed for an equalizer and their first win over Colombia in four Copa clashes.
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My ears perked up this past week at the news that Jerry Brown, the Democratic governor of California, had signed a bill into law requiring publicly traded companies headquartered in the state to have at least one woman on their boards of directors.
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LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - British consumers perked up slightly last month but gave little sign they were returning to their free-spending ways of the past summer, due to a lack of confidence about the economic outlook, industry data showed on Tuesday.
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Things perked up soon after, though: Whether your were dreaming sweet dreams or awake and working things out, the Moon had your back, connecting positively with problem solver Mercury at 4:10 AM and transformation-loving Pluto at 5:56 AM. Tonight's glamorous.
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The Saturday Profile LONDON — On a recent afternoon, when the very tall, very thin British lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg rose from the bench where he had been reclining, his fellow members of Parliament perked up, confident that what followed would be amusing.
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Shares of Chinese car dealers also perked up on hopes that such a move could revitalize the domestic auto market that is poised for its first annual sales contraction in decades amid cooling economic growth and a debilitating U.S.-China trade war.
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"The Fed's decision to convey a much firmer hawkish tone has certainly woken people up to the possibility that rates could rise over the summer and with that, the markets have perked up as well," said Craig Erlam, senior analyst at Oanda.
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A salad was the star of another meal — deep-hued slices of beet laid beneath bright yellow pickled fennel, ringed by crushed hazelnuts, strewed with microgreens and partnered with a golden disc of fried, whipped goat cheese perked up with basil and lemon zest.
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The reddish-gold dawn made the bridge stand out in an annunciatory way and gave the wavelets on the K.V.K. a quality almost of allure; double-crested cormorants idling on the rock beach perked up and flew across the K.V.K., their wings spanking the water.
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Like Mr Trump's legislative agenda, their shares were becalmed for much of 231, but they perked up late in the year when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act looked likely to become law—as it duly did when the president signed it on December 25nd.
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NEW YORK/BOSTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The $17 trillion U.S. Treasury market perked up on Wednesday, after chaos over the last few weeks, as a decline in the so-called bid-ask spread on prices for notes and bonds pointed to increased liquidity and trading activity.
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Halep then perked up as she opened the third set with a break and raced out to a commanding 5-1 lead that proved too big a hole for Gibbs, who failed to qualify for the U.S. Open but entered the main draw after other participants withdrew.
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But my ears perked up when midway through the first night of Claire Chase's density 2036: part iv—an evening of flute, vocal, and breath works performed at NYC experimental arts venue The Kitchen—the renowned flutist was outfitted by a chorus member in a plated silver skirt of flattened speakers.
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With the addition of Advanced Mode, advertisers will be able to: Snap also got an ads boost today that has perked up its share price when the world's largest ad agency WPP's CEO Martin Sorrell told CNBC that WPP was doubling its Snap ad buy from $100 million in 2016 to $200 million in 2017.
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Ryan opened a snowpack PowerPoint while we took notes about storm slabs and wind slabs and persistent slabs, all of which sounded like subcategorical psychiatric disorders from the D.S.M. When Ryan shifted the conversation to "avalanche problems," we perked up, maybe because the term would seem provocatively redundant, the avalanche itself being the primary problem.
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The labor-force-participation rate for prime-age workers is still about 8.5 percentage points below its all-time high in the late 1990s, suggesting there's quite a bit of room to bring people into jobs — particularly people in their early 20s, whose participation has only perked up over the past year after a long slide.
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Which is why my ears perked up when Bruce Tobin, an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria and practicing psychotherapist, told a crowd of more than 100 academics last week that he's preparing for precisely this kind of legal battle, only this time he's seeking medicinal access to the active ingredient in shrooms for end-of-life cancer patients.
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