He drove the thing back to Minnesota in a U-Haul, but then realized part of it was too big to get into his building.

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But then I realized that a blog, by definition, is inherently self-indulgent, is it not?

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But then Jacob realized one of the doors in the room wasn't locked.

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But then I realized that I'd already kept my page scrubbed clean of family photos or pictures of my kids.

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But then we realized the product needed to be sold another way.

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"At first I was stunned but then I realized it is simply a sign of the time we live in, " Ms. Thrash wrote in a text message.

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"I thought at the 200 meters that the race was lost, but then I realized I was in the top two or three and I was confident I could win on the last leg, " said Ye.

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First they felt lucky there was no federal estate tax in 2010, but then they realized they had to deal with income taxes on estate asset appreciation, whereas that was not a concern with stepped-up basis with the estate tax regime.

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But then I realized something.

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But then I just realized, you know, as an African-American, you know, our struggle it's, you know, really close to my heart.

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But then what I realized is if we can transform that into something that's positive that can actually effectively change the world, that can be a really valuable tool.

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But then it was realized that at that meeting three weeks ago members were saying more action would likely be needed if economic conditions did not begin to improve.

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But I had not until then realized how profoundly things had changed.

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But then after a year, she realized a desk job wasn't in her future.

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But then as I got older I realized that she really - she really did the best for me.

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The tune is great but there is something missing and then I realized that it was her, you know?

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But then we kept reading the press release and realized that they're not exactly introducing a new format they're more or less co-opting SanDisk's TransFlash card standard.

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To bridge this disconnect, we started quoting flat fees and that brought in more business, but it was mostly confined to those situations where the Russian or Korean company had virtually no choice but to retain an attorney in the U.S. And then we realized the fee squabbles would be the least of our problems.

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But that was then, and the goal of the law has long since been realized.

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"Both men took off running and then they realized they each thought the other was the farmer, but they were both there to steal a chicken, " van Hylckama Vlieg said.

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Then I looked down again and realized that between the first floor and the seventh floor there was nothing but empty space.

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Then I realized that moules are actually mussels, which I have eaten with delight on many occasions, but have only actually cooked a couple of times.

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