But not long ago, that rock 'n' roll empire was in danger of crumbling.
It has destroyed jobs quickly, but not long ago it was also creating them in unprecedented numbers.
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He got his MD from Stanford, but long ago traded it in for Wall Street, where he worked for Icahn before heading out on his own.
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But not long ago, Murray paired with the former champion Ivan Lendl as a coach, and he has become a more aggressive player, as he was today, jumping on Federer's serve and pushing him around the court.
But as long ago as December 1993 in the Dail, and then again in June 1994, the Irish foreign minister, Dick Spring, stated unequivocally that the key to Sinn Fein joining political discussions was a permanent cessation of violence, and that there would have to be verification of the handing over of arms.
But not too long ago, this scene with Arthur would have been completely unthinkable.
The trouble arose in the land of far, far away, but not so long ago.
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But that was long ago and far away on the Internet time horizon.
Some companies had a product advantage in their heyday but lost it a long time ago.
But it became clear long ago that America's ability to dictate events in Iraq has limits.
But UNARCO went bust long ago, so lawyers sued Pneumo Abex and Honeywell, which in their corporate pasts both made asbestos brake shoes.
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But Kirsch burned out long ago, leaving the company in 1995.
It seems hard to imagine now, but General Motors not long ago produced the most environmentally friendly automobile in the world: the electric vehicle called EV-1.
But Muslim countries discovered long ago that voluntary zakat does not get you far, especially as people move out of villages into the anonymity of big cities.
Soros may have broken the Bank of England on Black Wednesday 1992, making billions by forcing sterling out of the EMU, but that was a long time ago.
Wolff says he forgot the woman's name long ago but does recall that she spoke little English.
He has elements of a classical or Shakespearean tragic hero, sure, but he lost my sympathy long ago.
But Li's companies long ago broadened, doing business today in 56 countries.
But we got TiVo not long ago, and discovered the joy of tuning in to programs late, so that we can fast-forward past commercials, and that seems pretty much the ideal way to watch the Oscars.
We used to have offices, but I shut them down a long time ago.
The mystery remains intact, but all the available energy has long ago been wasted on stupid things.
Many people won't like these words but I believe this started a long time ago - size matters.
Microsoft held its first cloud developers conference long ago, but seems hampered by having such a successful installed base.
Call me nostalgic, but I enjoy the reruns of long ago so my cable and DVD collection works for me.
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But remember ladies, not too long ago, you would simply have been destitute and forced to depend on a man.
But European and Asian tax technicians long ago realized that a sales tax of more than 5% to 6% irritated people.
The logical response from the true Obama skeptics is that his political beliefs were formed long ago, but one has to wonder.
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