But with three years of contraction out of the past five, the downturn still leaves Scotland with a lot of catching up with the output per head it achieved before 2008, and now looking to 2016 before it does so.
Thuli laughs and shrugs it off with a joke, but with four more years in the job, she knows that there are still many noses she could put out of joint.
Because of this but also coupled with years of general under-funding of the educational sector, literacy rates plummeted, with current estimates suggesting that only about 37% and 52% of adults and youths respectively, are literate.
But, with 30 years international experience at HSBC, of late at very senior levels, and a member of the parent company board since 2008, it is not credible that Stuart Gulliver can escape blame, though the previous CEO Lord Green, currently the Trade Minister in an increasingly scandal-ridden Conservative cabinet, is yet more culpable.
But with the last couple years being so difficult for jobs, why are budget cuts to programs that are helping these people keep their heads above water?
One of my favorites in the "interesting but not intellectually taxing" category is Vouvray, the dry, minerally white from the Loire Valley that's delicious when young but amazing with a few years' age, particularly made by great producers like Domaine Huet and Jacky Blot.
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The idea of the challenge has circulated for years but has intensified with the popularity of YouTube, especially in the last three years.
The last time we saw the DMCA in action like this, a trio of Xbox modders were facing up to 5 years of prison time, but they ended up with just a few years of probation, and one of 'em got slapped with 6 months of home detention, Martha Stewart-style.
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The debate has been one of the most popular topics in the technology industry for years, but it has emerged with increasing intensity in the past five years as governments, business leaders and universities around the world have tried to come up with strategic plans to boost their economies through high tech.
But consider what happened with the next two years. 2006 yielded decent wines, but prices remained high due to the thriving economy.
Adults can replace a dose of their regular tetanus-and-diphtheria shot, given every 10 years, with Tdap, but don't have to wait out the 10 years, according to the CDC.
Haas, a former world number two, has been hampered by injuries in recent seasons, but rolled back the years with a superb display.
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In 2002 New York University was the first private university to recognise a PhD teachers' union, but stopped negotiating with it three years later.
But with nine governments in 11 years, most Pakistanis are skeptical.
Growth may be slowing in comparison to the last few years, but with nearly 2000 patents to its name, Tessera is not finished innovating and miniaturizing.
But despite her three years with the show Dr Ambury admits that one of her big bug bears was the former Albert Square GP, Dr Anthony Trueman.
But in recent years, with busloads of tourists braving the three-hour drive from the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, the outside world could not be kept at bay.
He was like a cat, if I may put it this way, whom you live with for years but who never allows you to get under his sacred skin.
The girl, thought to be 14 years old but with a younger mental age, was arrested last month after a mob accused her of burning pages of the Koran.
It's taken six years, but with the pending sale of his company's plastics business, CEO JeffreyImmeltJeffrey Immelt has essentially completed what he sees as General Electric's transformation from a staid manufacturer to a high-margin services company.
He won't even change the line of a fender for years, but with the resignation of Ron Zarralla, the president of North American operations and the apostle of the despised brand-marketing, he has won his first power struggle.
The rules at Butner FCC, a medium security prison, do allow for supervised furloughs for funerals of immediate family members, but only for inmates with two years or less left on their prison terms, the New York Post reported.
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It had dumped a bunch of oddball assets, including an olive farm in South America, a jet-leasing business and a ski resort, but with six CEOs in eight years (Wood was the potential lucky number seven), Dana remained adrift, a 108-year-old company in search of a new beginning.
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It took other countries 15 years to compete seriously with Silicon Valley in semiconductors, but less than five years in Internet technology.
This distinction may be acceptable to women who marry men with older children, but it bothered me because for years I spent every other weekend playing with her, cooking for her, and doing every other activity of a maternal caregiver.
I've spent some time with some German gravediggers and there the limit is 30 years, but people aren't happy with that, they want it lowered to 20.
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Patience is often a virtue, but not when years go by with little improvement.
Merrill has owned Scenic for almost 50 years but, faced with a cancer diagnosis, was forced to sell up.
About the same as I got 10 years ago, but with a difference.
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The two men arrested were Spanish nationals, each about 25 years old, but with no police record linking them to ETA, the spokesman said.
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