But by the time Brendan got to his first game in my brother's seats, five years had passed and the Red Sox, in their never-ending campaign to wring more revenue out of the band box that is Fenway Park, had built two more rows, pushing my brother's seats back.

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Dingell said in the five years since a similar measure passed in Texas, only 17 cases have been filed in court.

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In Britain, the Council of Churches has suggested an amnesty for illegal immigrants with children who have been in the country for more than five years, inspired by limited amnesties passed by the previous Labour government in the 1970s.

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"I thought America and the big-money fights had passed me by four or five years ago, " admits Calzaghe.

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But five years into the war on organised crime, the relevant laws have not passed.

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The new bill, if passed, would send violators to prison for up to five years for streaming copyrighted material more than ten times in 180 days.

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The act exempts new companies, for their first five years, from the onerous Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations (passed in 2002, in response to a spate of corporate scandals).

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Colorado MicroDisplay, Brillian, Three-Five Systems and others that have long since passed were toiling on such designs as far back as 10 years ago.

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And new legislation passed last year allows tax free capital gains from investments in small businesses if held for more than five years.

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