The main culprit was an acquisition that looked like a good idea at the time.
Like the reactors, he wrote, they seemed like a good idea at the time.
While this might have seemed like a good idea at the time, the plan went awry, as such plans have before.
What seemed like a good idea at the time has become unproductive overlap now that RadioShack sells Cingular phones and calling plans.
Policy decisions are influenced by numerous events, and most of the time the policy seems to be a good idea at the time it was created.
"It seemed like a good idea at the time, " is about all the narrator offers for explanation, as the tug of war between selfish impulses and loftier desires gets played out over an irresistible groove.
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time of filing (2009) when other force-sensing options had yet to hit market, but this one seems unlikely to see daylight -- though, you never know.
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That may reflect the opportunity cost: in a boom skimping on sleep may mean you can earn more (though, like many things that seem a good idea at the time, the true costs may show up later).
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And I expect someone thought it was a good idea - at the time - to introduce the rabbit and the cane toad to Australia!
At some point around 2009, I made the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time decision to use my personal Gmail account as my main address for work.
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Not a good idea in the best of times, a terrible idea at this time.
Since most spin-ins are paid for with the parent's stock, it's a good idea to short shares in the parent at the same time you buy shares in the sub.
Rothifying old money is a bad idea at the same time that selecting Roth for new contributions is a good idea.
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At one time, the Gulf leaders thought it would be a good idea to circulate lists of offenders and temporarily confiscate their cheque books.
While there was plenty of debate at the time of the announcement as to whether selling the PC business was a good idea, the idea that it could take a year or more to decide was widely viewed as a value destroying nightmare.
Which is a pity, because at a time when the Japanese public has all but given up hope in the very idea of good government, Ishihara is showing it is possible.
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