And with the news out of Japan appearing to be favorable in the early going, it looked like the worst of this corrective phase might be behind us.
Producing a bicycle helmet that people would be happy to put on looked like a much better way to go than legislation forcing people to wear one or else.
Whether some of the guests or most were extraterrestrials will never be determined but they sure looked like they were enjoying themselves at Forbes Galleries in New York.
The traffic the devices swapped with utilities looked like it would be easy to spoof.
For a while it looked like Sunderland might be the team who would finish in the 18th table position.
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When China said in June that the yuan would be allowed more flexibility, it looked like a victory for Mr Geithner.
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That would have had the right international ring, but it looked like there would be a clash with other Euro events.
The problem: Jobs has left once before, and until he came back, it looked like Apple would be one of those companies.
For a while, it looked like he would be teaming up with a cell phone company, but they finally said no thanks.
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This is not the first time in human history that food shortages looked like they would be the motor of violent geopolitical change.
Burnley looked like they might be in for a long night at Turf Moor after Cesc Fabregas capped a scintillating Arsenal opening salvo with an early goal.
That was another movie that at first glance looked like it would be a dry film, in this case about young men typing and talking.
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Such costs of an attack are easy to overstate, but even supposing they were high they might be worth paying if a strike looked like working.
Before we went live on the air, and figuring that he looked like he might be a football fan, I asked Ohlsson which team he liked in this year's game.
It looked like Beholder would be the winner before Princess Sylmar roared like a freight train down the stretch to win by half a length, with Beholder holding on for second.
It wasn't clear what exactly the Knicks were expecting or hoping for from Stoudemire on his first night back, but the big man's outing initially looked like it would be a tough one.
He was handsome and looked like someone who should be a Hollywood actor rather than a pilot.
For many it looked like the stock would be under serious pressure as some 800 million shares were released from their lock-up restrictions on Wednesday.
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Francis headed a Joel McAnuff corner wide but just when it looked like it would not be Wimbledon's day, they suddenly drew level with two goals in three minutes.
Last week it looked like some money might be starting to rotate into the Oil Service Sector ETF (OIH), but uncertainty in Europe weighed on oil yesterday as OIH slipped 2.2%.
However, on both occasions when it looked like the tourists would be walked over and left for dead - they always came storming back in the second half to deny any major thumping.
Demographer William Frey from the Brookings Institution, who did a study on the subject for the Associated Press, asserts Mitt Romney would be president had the 2012 turnout looked more like it did in 2004.
Within five minutes (literally) of the opening bell, the Dow was down nearly 300 points and given that there was little support to be found on the charts, it looked like prices could go even lower.
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And so it always looked like it was going to be the distant future.
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When "Argo" was released in October, it looked like it was going to be the actor-director's year.
Still, Wenger was defiant on Saturday when it looked like the 2013 swoon might be right on schedule.
So any rationing of benefits by income would need to be based on something that looked a lot more like the traditional means test.
Transparency, like sunlight, needs to be looked at carefully.
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