The road to the sunny, clean future is not as smooth as it seemed.
Unlikely as it seemed at the time, this strategy has now been vindicated: chapeau!
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And 2011, as horrible as it seemed, was a flat year in the U.S. markets.
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Many of their collaborators informed on them as soon as it seemed safe to do so.
But perhaps it will provoke some thought, as it seemed to do when I first proposed it.
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One element that, it seems, had not been carefully thought out was the cost, huge as it seemed at the time.
Perhaps Mr Purcell's legacy, though hardly stunning, is not quite as bad as it seemed when the Axe Man was axed.
Just as it seemed Hibs could stage a fightback, Deuchar scored a third for Saints with a back- post header from Sheridan's cross.
Just as it seemed small-market clubs were getting the hang of competing with the big boys on tight budgets, money is once again ruling the roost.
If rising prices slow the economy just as it seemed to be improving, it would probably mean an even longer wait before interest rates could rise.
But just as it seemed Palace would reach half-time unscathed, they fell behind to a goal uncannily similar to Petrov's leveller in south London 10 days ago.
We justified the expense as it seemed to be analogous to building up a database of email addresses of people that wanted to learn about our site and our products.
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Unfortunately, once the cinematic trailers gave way to actual gameplay footage, the buzz around the game began to turn, as it seemed like yet another lackluster clone of Call of Duty, with a Red Dawn-ish plot to match.
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The Penguins looked plenty comfortable when they took a 3-0 lead 1:44 into the third on Sutter's goal, but the Islanders suddenly stormed back just as it seemed they would be shut out at home for the second straight game.
By making imports cheap, the strong dollar has helped to keep American consumer-price inflation down (though not, it turns out, as low as it seemed, thanks to a double-counting of quality improvements that the government owned up to this week).
But unlike in the Carling Cup final, this time Villa did not get a penalty when the striker was brought down by Jon Mikel Obi, who was in all likelihood the last man as it seemed Paulo Ferreira was unlikely to get across and cover.
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It is indeed an extraordinary tale, with many strokes of tragi-comedy, notably the alleged suicide of one of the company's geologists, Michael de Guzman, whose mysterious disembarkation from a helicopter in mid-flight was an early clue that all might not be quite as it seemed at the Busang gold reserve.
After reading the skeptics, I tend to agree that the study is not as impressive as it first seemed.
When he struck with the ball as well it seemed destined to be Shah's day, but it was Uthappa who prevailed to set up an enthralling finale at Lord's on Saturday.
As, it seemed, was much of Joplin.
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Impossible as it may have seemed at the moment, he promised that life would again be exactly as it was before my diagnosis.
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It was losing height, that was certain: for a second it seemed as if it would crash into the Plaza Hotel, but instead it slid into the corridor between two skyscrapers and disappeared from view in the direction of the Hudson.
As the clock ticked down it seemed as though the momentum of the contest had swung firmly in the favour of the green and gold but their hopes of emulating their exploits in 2006 by progressing from their group were effectively ended when substitute Marko Pantelic pulled a goal back for Serbia after 84 minutes.
And just as the past started to fade and it seemed as if this place was a far cry from the old-world apple strudel feel of the former West, I overheard a conversation.
Watford's Stephen McGinn appeared to be struck by an object thrown from the crowd as he joined Mutch to celebrate the goal but it seemed as though nothing could knock the visiting team out of their stride.
As the IPO price looked like a distant memory, it seemed as though the test had failed.
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The suite, as handsome as it was, seemed to harken back no further than May 10, the movie's release date.
When the Assembly voted to look further into lifting its ban on the training and ordination of gay people as ministers, it seemed a modest enough step.
When Mr Chirac took Mr Foccart to Africa on his first trip as president, it seemed that France would try to continue to control its African offspring.
Part of the horror is school officials were aware of the potential danger, as remote as it may have seemed, and had practiced emergency drills, including the locking of classroom doors and the like in the event of an attack on the school.
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