• The Met is currently considering a number of allegations including a rape claim from some years ago referred to it by Surrey Police, while Northamptonshire Police have been contacted by two alleged victims.

    BBC: Met Police to assess Jimmy Savile claims

  • Reporting from Tennessee some years ago, Bagehot was left slack-jawed on entering Knoxville's titchy yet lavish airport, which boasts a giant indoor replica of a Smoky Mountain stream, complete with real trees, 18, 000 gallons of water, boulders and a wooden sculpture of a bear.

    ECONOMIST: British distrust for politicians is peculiarly dangerous

  • I'm not sure I ever thought of stoves coming in a shade other than grey or white, but full marks to the PR for ingenuity and for compelling me to write about a color I have had a burgeoning appreciation for since becoming a refugee from black some three years ago.

    WSJ: Tina Gaudoin on Style: Twenty Five Shades of You Know What��

  • Among other disputes over famous artefacts, Greece has for many years called for the return of the Elgin Marbles, removed from the Parthenon some 200 years ago and taken to London by the Earl of Elgin.

    BBC: Koh-i-Noor diamond 'staying put' in UK says Cameron

  • He first picked up the books while recovering from a stroke some 25 years ago.

    NPR: Psychiatrist Who Counsels Vets Wins Genius Grant

  • Meanwhile, the medfly-fighters are trying a new tactic, borrowed from a previous outbreak some years ago in California.

    ECONOMIST: Florida agriculture

  • But instead of a massive army entering Paris to free us from our German neighbours some years ago, we are sent this time a light Treasury Secretary.

    FORBES: The U.S. and the Euro

  • But while there and attired with some Charlotte insignia from nearly twenty years ago, I bonded with the 25-30 49er supporters who had made the trip from Charlotte.

    FORBES: Charlotte 49ers Run To Final Four a Reminder of Positives Inherent in College Athletics

  • Over the past three some years, the market has retraced almost exactly its proportions from thirty-five years ago, when the economy endured and then sort of got out of the nasty recession of 1973-75.

    FORBES: The Dow Is Retracing the Stagflation Market

  • The Orthodox church broke off some 1, 000 years ago from Rome in part over disputes about the primacy of the pontiff.

    NPR: Francis Honors John Paul II Before Installation

  • Take the Gardiner family, for example: they bought their private island from the Montauketts (for some powder and shot, a few Dutch blankets and a dog, allegedly) some 372 years ago, and were duly awarded a royal warrant from Charles I, which, as far as anyone knows, remains in effect today.

    BBC: Escape from New York

  • No one knows exactly when, but some millions of years ago Socotra split away from mainland Arabia and Africa.

    ECONOMIST: An imperilled Arabian paradise

  • Bees, which are descended from predatory wasps, turned from eating other insects to feeding on flowers some hundred million years ago.

    NEWYORKER: Stung

  • Not only that, but our security correspondent said that some Russian intelligence officers were reappearing in London from 20 years ago.

    BBC: Alexander Litvinenko

  • At one point, some years ago, I used to archive pages from the newspaper USA Today.

    FORBES: The Web Is A Thing Out Of Time

  • Snow-removal costs for some retailers are down as much as 30% from five years ago, Mr. Mitchell said.

    WSJ: Storm Is Mixed Blessing for Snow-Removal Firms

  • She told peers that the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) in Sudan - almost exactly five years ago - had brought "some respite from the relentless war unleashed by the National Islamic Front regime after it seized power in 1989".

    BBC: Sudan debate

  • He visited Sicily a couple of years ago and tasted some very good wines made from Nero d'Avola.

    WSJ: Drinking Wine With Mike Piazza | On Wine by Lettie Teague

  • Spanish authorities have revealed some of the treasures from a ship that sank more than 200 years ago.

    BBC: Spain reveals shipwreck treasure

  • Spanish home prices have fallen 30% from their peak five years ago, and prices have halved in some areas along the Mediterranean coast.

    WSJ: In Spain, a Property Bargain-Hunter's Dream

  • For instance, when we introduced cashless payments on our flights (for premium meals, headsets and liquor) five years ago, this was met with some resistance from our staff.

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  • What's more, even with sagging ratings--Idol averaged some 25 million viewers this season, down from 30 million three years ago--the singing competition continues to catapult its host network to No. 1 among viewers aged 18 to 49, a demographic advertisers pay a premium to reach.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • So the CAP is likely to get smaller, at least proportionally (agriculture now accounts for some 40% of EU spending, down from two-thirds 20 years ago).

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • The Kindle, which was created about three years ago, did face some backlash at its outset from people who preferred paper books and feared straining their eyes.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The raw detail of an Anglo-American defence dispute from 40 years ago will be mainly of historical interest, even though some of the issues raised burden-sharing, alliance reliability and Britain's place in Europe are as alive as ever.

    ECONOMIST: Anglo-American relations

  • The researchers determined that the jawbone came from a man aged between 24 and 30 years who lived some 6, 500 years ago.

    UNESCO: Basic Sciences

  • Twelve years ago the Lions won after some poor goal-kicking from the hosts and Smit said it was "ironic" that a superb penalty should secure the 2009 series for the Boks after Jeremy Guscott's drop-goal clinched the series for the Lions in 1997.

    BBC: McGeechan saddened by Lions loss

  • Some 7, 000 clinical trials are underway, up from 4, 500 ten years ago.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • John Okono, 28, came to the UK from Nigeria - an English-speaking country - three years ago and can see how some of the immigrant friends he has made have become isolated because of a lack of language skills.

    BBC: Sheraz Ahmed

  • He just returned from Najaf, where Sistani is based, and the place where there was some fierce fighting several years ago.

    NPR: Top Muslim Cleric Urges Militias to Disarm

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