The trouble arose in the land of far, far away, but not so long ago.
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This means they last long enough to be useful, but do not hang around so long that they cause problems.
If house prices stagnate, consumption may suffer a little, but not too much, so long as jobs stay plentiful and wages grow.
But Libya will not feel fully normal so long as the colonel remains at large.
Vaccinating a healthy baby may not seem as urgent as treating a sick patient, but the long-term costs of not doing so are incalculable.
That will not bother Mr Reinfeldt so long as he wins, but the opposition could split if he does not.
The U.S. was winning hands down for a long time, but not so much anymore.
Rentals may provide a boost for housing now, but they probably will not do so over the long term.
We talked about Twitter not so long ago, but for those of you who do not remember - it is a place where you can post messages about what you are doing - no matter how pointless or uninteresting that may be, as long it is not any longer than 140 characters.
But the court did not believe them and so began their long battle for justice.
The Conservatives have offered the government a compromise deal under which the party would not seek to block the bill - but only so long as the contentious "right to roam" is dropped.
But the opposition Conservatives are not so sure the approach can work long term.
It's remarkable not that she died so young but that she survived so long and with such a strength that kept with her to the end.
They may not make progress, but they do provide process: so long as meetings happen, they create a sense that at least something is being done.
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But does any of that matter so long as you are not named Rumsfeld?
The Y2K Bug, as many now know, is a short-sighted but far-reaching error that was routinely built into computers not so long ago.
It would not take so long with a treaty change - but we could be talking about 2018 or later before the British people have their say.
But this is true only so long as the regulator does not rigidly apply the crude capital standards set in 1988 by the Basel committee on banking supervision.
For Hester it is not so much about the short-term money but the long-term achievement and satisfaction he would derive should he rebuild RBS to a state where it would be able to disengage from the government.
But the single biggest reason for a long, tortured negotiation is not so obvious to most of us.
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Many of these products have been limited so far to labs and the research world, but not for long.
Not much oil was spilled, but the message was clear: so long as there are ships, and humans steer them, accidents will happen, and may be huge ones.
"Not so long ago this campaign was written off, but in your homes in Iowa, in community centers, in VFW posts, in restaurants where you never let me stop and eat, in homes, living rooms and barns where we gathered across this great state, you listened, " Kerry said.
But they do not breed more than once a year - so it is a long term exercise.
You can run a federal deficit of 4% of gross domestic product, just so long as you're country is growing, but not in the double-digits.
The museum does not gratuitously set out to invoke white guilt but it does show how ordinary people accepted the status-quo of Apartheid and that the regime was supported for so long not so much due to extreme ideological conviction but because ordinary white South Africans found it easier to avoid contemplating an alternative.
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But if Mr Harper has dominated Canadian politics for so long, it is not just because of his aggressive tactics.
It would be sombre news indeed, not only for Mr Adams but for all those who have hoped and worked so long to lead Northern Ireland into the promised land of peace and compromise.
But in the long run, choosing a no fee card over one with not so free bonus miles will leave you with cash in the bank you can use to purchase any flight you want.
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So the long-term impact of sequestration is not real cuts but lower spending growth.
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