But years later, in the courtroom, the issue of his colour could not be ignored.
"I think we're talking not days, weeks or even months, but years, " Acheson said.
But years ago, environmental worries turned the U.S. away from fully exploiting those kinds of opportunities.
But years of torrid growth in executive pay have, in my opinion, finally come home to roost.
This is all gut feeling, no science, but years of experience of dealing with global scales and varaibility.
But years of judicial abdication in the economic realm should not justify more.
Now Zad had been the second-largest city in the province, but years of fighting drove residents away, the Marines said.
Engineers have since stabilised the plant but years of work lie ahead to fully contain the disaster and tackle its effects.
Cellphones are ubiquitous and ordinary (the average cellphone) but years ago, simply having a cellphone sparked awe and an aura of exclusivity.
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But years of campaigning for a law which would recognise domestic abuse as a specific crime have so far brought no result.
But years of benign neglect from officialdom have also taken their toll.
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Chinese cuisine is the most popular, but years of Japanese occupation, recent Korean arrivals and the influence of the US add up to a rich menu.
Scientists didn't even get the number of genes right: Many had predicted 100, 000, but years later the total turned out to be closer to 20, 000.
In return, Apotex would launch a generic in 2011, eight months before a key patent actually expired but years after a generic might have become available.
But years later the track is widely reviled and ranks high on another chart: number eight on Blender Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Songs Ever.
Bitcoin is the largest of the so called alt currencies and may have gained the biggest footing, but years ahead will tell what kind of technology evolves out of this field.
Any real solution requires not months but years.
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But years ago the doctors agreed among themselves to a system that paid them a similar fee whether they saw Medicare, Medicaid, or private-insurance patients, so that there would be little incentive to cherry-pick patients.
Mr Van Rompuy, a haiku-writing ascetic and devout Roman Catholic, has little experience of EU summitry, but years of training in the management of fractious partners, thanks to long service in multilingual coalition Belgian governments.
The new neighborhood is still intended to be built on that 61-acre swath of land, but years later and only after a new shopping center is built on a parking lot to the west of the stadium.
Led by a team from the University of Connecticut, researchers last week reported that they had identified 34 people who had all been diagnosed with autism by age 5 but years later were indistinguishable from peers on language, socialization and communication skills.
We're talking about professional basketball and with the playoffs heating up, fans may be focused on the sharp moves on the court, but years after the NBA implemented a business casual dress code, players are looking for chances to show off their style off the court.
Council house tenancies are soon set to be measured not in decades but in years - usually a minimum of five years, but possibly as few as two years in rare cases.
In 2007 the Labour government indicated support for reusing graves older than 100 years but two years later, the project was shelved.
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Okay, that last one bit the dust two years ago, but 23 years is a lifetime in Hollywood!
Honours degrees take three years in England, but four years in Scotland.
The average age of supply boats in the Gulf is 20 years but only 5 years for those of Hornbeck, which can charge higher rates.
Dryers took just four years to take off in Sweden, but 11 years in Britain and 12 years in Portugal.
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