Verb conjugation of "eliminare" in Italian

The third and forth largest economies in the world are growing due to the fact that the countries were investing large resources in education, including foreign language acquisition. English, in this case, was the dominant language.
Are you currently buried in a lot of work? I am not, because the financial crisis has put me back on hold. I do not work, so I have time for going out in the evening and being online.
Maybe you can tell me a little about yourself. My hobbies are reading, sports, meet with friends, but mostly I like to travel. I've been around the world ... in all the five continents.