That prompted complaints by Central London businesses and others that couldn't cash in after years of hype.
The minister said it was of "great concern" that lamb farmers could be hit so hard by bad weather and a dip in prices after years in which incomes have been growing.
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My mother died when I was two, so he raised me and my two sisters on his own, paid the bills as a night watchman at the IBM plant in Poughkeepsie after years of playing jazz in New York City.
Soon after the LDP returned to power in December after three years in opposition, the government said it would publish by the end of 2013 a new National Defense Program Guideline, the most basic policy statement that determines the course of the nation's defense strategies for the medium- to long-term, or up to 10 years.
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And four years after the debacle in Florida, six years after the debacle in Florida, we're still talking about the same issue.
The release of its annual results came a week after HMV announced that its chief executive Simon Fox will be stepping down in September after six years in the role.
Congress passed its last major patent reform bill in 2011 after years of trying, but that bill did little to rein in the worst abuses in the current system.
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After 20 years in America's Congress, and four years after putting Republicans in control of both houses almost single-handedly, Newt Gingrich resigned as speaker and said he would leave politics.
He did very little before dying in August after six years in nursing homes.
Mr Zeman will replace the eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus, who steps down in March after ten years in office.
The ex-leader, who returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years in French exile, had already missed two hearings.
Thompson, who was also released in 2001 after eight years in detention, was given a new secret identity and address.
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He stood down from his role as economic development convener at Edinburgh City Council in November after five years in the job.
James Liang returned home to China in 1997 after six years in the U.S. as a university student and Silicon Valley techie.
The Matsuri closed in March after eight years in the Maritime Hotel.
When the two were freed in 2011 after four years in prison, they set about trying to rebuild their lives, a continent apart.
All the focus before the game had been on Jewell's return to the club he quit in May after six years in charge.
Earlier this month the company unvelied Eric Prescott as chief executive to succeed Hew Balfour, who quit in March after 21 years in the job.
Trichet, who left his role at the ECB in October after eight years in the position, endorsed the bank's handling of the crisis since his departure.
Mr Duvalier unexpectedly returned to Haiti in 2011 after 25 years in exile, prompting the Haitian authorities to open an investigation into crimes allegedly committed during his 1971-86 rule.
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The last time the audit business was flat, a commodity, and under pricing pressure from clients was when I started working for KPMG Consulting in 1993 after ten years in industry.
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The spring festival was the first occasion for Japanese lawmakers to make a formal visit to the shrine since Mr. Abe's party returned to power in December after three years in opposition.
Most notably, local permit delays have spurred Shell to abandon an Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Sicily after seven years of permit delays and BG to threaten to withdraw from a similar effort in the southern region of Puglia after 11 years of waiting.
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Sportsmen in Northampton are angry after their pitches flooded for a second time in two years after a water mains burst.
Kane, 47, joined the outfit in January after 25 years competing in the monopoly-prone telecom industry.
Iceland's banks collapsed in 2008 after years of growth that depended on foreign loans.
The first measure taken to escape foreign dependency in the years after independence in 1965 was a general tidy-up.
The iconic film company filed for bankruptcy in January after years struggling to adapt to the changing camera industry.
The claims of the families involved were validated by the French government in 2012 after years spent researching the works' provenance.
Wal-Mart is now expanding in Japan after years of being stymied, but it primarily buys existing stores rather than apply for new permits.
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