It could be the past, it could be in the far future, you could be out in space, it could even be maybe told from the point of view of an alien.
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And now that the worst of the Japanese economic crisis seems to be past, it should also halt its credit-guarantee programme.
As a consequence, facility financing in pro sports will never again be as favorable towards teams as it has been in the past, though it would be naive to think that teams will not find any success in gaining some concessions from their host communities.
Not many players have done it in the past and it would be great to add my name to that list.
Okay, I know that they're sampling something from the past, be it from James Brown or from Barry White or from whoever.
"There doesn't have to be rainfall for lightning to strike, and when a storm is past it can still be dangerous, " the South African Press Association quotes him as saying.
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If that happens again it will be nice but past records will count for nothing and we know it's all about what happens on 24 March.
"A lot more untoward behavior towards kids is recast as a serious felony when maybe in the past it would be sloughed off as, 'There goes that crazy uncle again, ' or variations on that theme, " said Douglas Berman, a professor at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law who specializes in criminal sentencing.
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It may be less clear why a super-star woman would want to join a company with a checkered past, but it could be a career-changing step for Mayer.
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It might be harder for Microsoft to benefit from past releases simply because it is the newer kid on the block.
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But she said the risk of complications could be reduced if it could be discovered why the women went past their delivery date - and this could be prevented.
Yet the ideal city cannot just be a museum piece, a throw-back to the past, as enjoyable as it might be.
Thatcher and appeal to those unhappy with the U.S., has made it clear that Britain will be more independent than it has been in the past.
Unlike the past, it will be set on a firm foundation of men and material, well trained, well equipped and fully funded.
There is a real risk these areas of beauty could soon be a thing of the past and it is not just Lancashire's wildlife under threat.
At the turn of the century many assumed that, because the achieved ERP had been high in the past, it would be so in the future.
It seemed to be covered in brilliant white laundry but as it trundled past me I saw a grossly swollen head sticking out of the bed sheets.
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Despite Bill Gates's declaration in 2004 that spam would soon be a thing of the past, it is clearly a vast problem that is not going away.
Now, if they attacked and if they carry on, as they were in the past, it will be seen by Pakistanis here as undermining the newly elected government.
And Edwards has suggested in the past that it may be better for the club if Ferguson moved on when his managerial career was over rather than take a seat on the board.
He does not go out until the final group (1621 BST) with Aussie Terry Pilkadaris and Japanese player Koumei Oda and it could be well past 2100 BST before he comes off the course.
When Liverpool and Manchester United met on Sunday, no precaution was spared to ensure there would be none of the ugliness seen in past meetings, not least because it was bound to be an emotional afternoon.
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Early days but perhaps an indication that once the initiative is given up it will be more difficult to regain than it has been in the past.
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By throwing more computing horsepower at the problem than ever before and comparing the simulation results with experimental observations of real protein behaviour, it should be possible to find out why it has failed in the past.
Indeed, given that someone is going to be inconvenienced, I think the presumption should be that it be the incumbents who have been enjoying the benefits of past government intervention for decades, rather than innocent third parties.
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That's the real issue with self medicating because you have relied on it in the past with some degree of success, it can often be too big a temptation to use again.
Instead, as Ball hinted at in her statement following the release of her photos: with the Facebook Generation growing up, it might be high time we acknowledge that everyone has a past full of skeletons and move past it.
Something better than the clown show of the past week will be required to save it.
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Public spending, which has boosted growth over the past decade, will instead be pulling it down.
Such has been the case in the past and it will likely be the case in the future.
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