And as the economy changed, a lot of people wrote off Cleveland as a shell of its former self.
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The company, after all, was a true pioneer in mobile phones, even as it has become a shell of its former self.
The Foreign Relations Committee is only a shell of what it was when the influential Arkansas Democrat was its chairman from 1959 to 1974.
Photos of Saddam Hussein in captivity after being fished out of his hiding hole showed a frail afflicted man, a shell of his former self.
The Sabres' lineup against the Flyers was a shell of the one that opened the season with a 5-2 win over Philadelphia on Jan. 20.
But other than those two brief moments, she is a shell of her former self, with Paltrow given far less to do and a far less rich character to play.
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If his bid for the Twins isn't accepted, Watkins says, he will try to buy the Montreal Expos , a shell of a team currently owned by the league itself.
The arena-in-progress resembles a rusty turtle, a shell of weathered steel and glass lurching its way into the intersection like it wants to cross the street and buy a dryer at P.
The wave of star birth will continue to migrate farther out in the nebula, he said, until in a few million years it will be a shell of glowing gas with its most massive stars at its periphery.
It has cost us hundreds of thousands of pounds to pursue this judgement and we did so knowing that System 2 Security Limited was just a shell of a company with little or no assets so we had little chance of seeing any compensation from them.
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At 29, Robinho, a man who boasts 90 caps for Brazil and once a key figure for the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City, now looks a shell of his former self, as evidenced by the fact that he is now usually a fixture on the substitute's bench and has made just two starts since November.
Will she harden into a tough shell of a businesswoman who sees the world as a cold place?
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The fact that he has been effective and not a mere shell of himself has been a bonus.
However, Total, the French national champion, could see a takeover of Shell as a fitting encore to its well-executed acquisition of Elf.
There is not much time to take decisions about the future of the Colonial Office before it becomes a mere shell of its present active self.
We go up a concrete stairway, without rails, into a bare concrete shell of a building.
Digg, once one of the shining stars of the social media world, is now a sad shell of of its former self.
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It has the texture of a slightly melted Cadbury Creme Egg, with a shell made of crumbled cookies instead of chocolate and filled with refreshing lemon-bergamot sorbet instead of oozing sugar.
The system also has more or less the same book-inspired shape as Lenovo's U-series Ultrabooks, meaning when the notebook is closed, the top and bottom edges protrude ever so slightly beyond the sides, sort of like a hardcover shell cradling a spine full of pages.
For the auto show the company had time to build only a fiberglass shell of the car--yet it was an enormous hit.
Observers say the LCD party, which now becomes the main opposition, may be reduced to a shell ahead of general elections due in May.
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His longevity is legendary in a sport that can chew up and knock out the best long before 40, or, at worst, leave an aging prize fighter a battered shell of his prime.
Earth Biofuels formed out of a clutter of shell companies that started with a Meridian, Miss. biodiesel refinery bought from the brother of director R.
Earth Biofuels was formed out of a clutter of shell companies that started with a Meridian, Miss. biodiesel refinery bought from the brother of director R.
"It was a little bit of a shell shock to see him doing that well, " Mr. Goodman says.
The colors provide a stark contrast to the dark burned-out shell of a house that sits in the distance -- and offer a painful reminder of the tragedy that befell the people who lived within.
Following a three-year investigation, the German prosecutors assert that three HP VPs approved creation of a fund which was used to route cash to Russia through a network of shell companies.
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But the Tanzanians were a transformed side in the second half, coming out of a defensive shell and drawing level in the 57th minute, when a free kick was pushed into the path of Yusuf Macho, who rifled the ball into the net.
Case in point: Oil majors like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP 's BPAmerica and Shell Oil USA, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell.
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