Back in my day, we sat, we discussed the weather and the news, we had tea, we asked about families, we talked about that handsome Mr. Brokaw.

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Back in the day my mother said to ignore the kid who taunted me when I walked to the bus stop.

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While I was not able to get back to him at that exact moment, I responded back with my phone number later in the day and, again, received a personal response.

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One day, back in 2007, Pauline was my boss.

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The mayor also was a worthy debate foe in his Memorial Day-weekend tilt with Walker, which I watched as a fully engaged Michigander while back in my native state for a visit.

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My best friend worked on the Lisa, back in the day.

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Merrill Lynch Internet analyst Henry Blodgett told us that Amazon.com--then trading in the 240s--would soon trade in the 400s. (It's now 16.) My friend and mentor George Gilder leaned back in his chair one day in 1995 and said Microsoft would fall at the hands of Netscape.

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Back in the day, there were lots of desktop applications to choose to help me run my business.

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