No long ago Toyota enjoyed a reputation for safety, reliability and quality that was virtually unmatched, and this allowed Toyota pricing power versus competitors.
Among the apparent victims of this trend are holders of the Charles Schwab Bank Visa, which not long ago charged no annual fee and paid holders a flat 2% cash back on purchases.
Greece passed the point of no return in this game a long time ago.
No, not the politics, which long ago became a parody of Washington deal-making at its worst.
There was a time - not so long ago - that virtually no one had a mobile, yet everyone managed to get by.
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"Like most operators of dodgems we decided long ago that a 'no deliberate bumping' policy means that everyone - even our youngest riders - can enjoy a fun experience in a safe environment, " a company spokeswoman said.
And, Legionnaires, it was a reminder - not just to the family and friends of Corporal Frank Buckles, but to the veterans and families of every generation -- no matter when you serve, no matter how many years ago that you took off the uniform, no matter how long you live as a proud veteran of this country we love, America will never leave your side.
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It wasn't so long ago that some planes had no cockpit door at all.
Rep. Paul would do well to acknowledge that those days passed us by a very long time ago and there is no going back.
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He says a false birth certificate is a crime that can no longer be prosecuted because it happened so long ago and it does not prove a baby has been stolen.
The deal will allow federally funded researchers access to five stem cell lines created there three years ago at no cost, as long as they use them for teaching research, not for treating disease or developing commercial products.
It was not long ago that emerging markets could do no wrong, the darling of Wall Street and the bearer of bold and bullish predictions.
Odd that no one talking about thalidomide and the FDA ever mentions how long ago the thalidomide tragedy occurred, or how different everything is now, especially with respect to it being a quite useful drug.
The world's second largest economy seen, not that long ago, as a role model shows no sign of tackling its deep-rooted problems.
It's hard to know how long ago liquid water would have been there because there's no mechanism to date the rocks that rovers find on Mars, Squyres said.
If you remember watching the senate finance committee meetings not all that long ago when they were grilling the banks it was clear that no one on the committee actually understood finance, the basic notion of a mortgage, or even the business of the banks in question.
There is internecine carnage among mohajirs Pakistanis whose families emigrated from India which not long ago had turned Karachi, the main commercial city, into a no-man's land at night.
Not long ago, the people of this city were told that they had no choice but to watch and endure a spectacle like no other with the leading plotter of 9-11 brought to trial in lower Manhattan.
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And because he and his son, Eldad, had long ago severed all contact, and because apart from this family he had no person close to him, he had decided last year to liquidate his apartment on Mt.
Some years ago never mind how long precisely having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
Dotcoms may no longer be the seductive alternative to the decade-long slog to partnership that they were a year ago.
There was a time, not too long ago, when women of a certain age were shunted to the sidelines no longer offered the plum roles or business deals.
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We have little-to-no long-term history, but we do know this: Most online companies that were huge 10 years ago are now worth a fraction of what they were then.
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About 9 years ago in 2004 I was having problems with my SNES (LONG after the console was no longer in production or supported by Nintendo), and I bought a used one that still worked just fine, and I can play all of my games in it.
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But Nicosia is in no position to bail out the banks itself since it already has debt equivalent to 87% of its GDP and long ago lost market access.
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