During the go-go years building up to the so-called mortgage crisis, they were arrogance personified.
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In the go-go years before the credit crunch, that left it growing more slowly than many rivals.
Banks that avoided the stampede into credit in the go-go years grumble, with some justice, that they were punished for their conservatism.
So reform-wise, nothing happened to our monetary system in the go-go years of the 1980s and 1990s (outside of making celebrities of Fed chairmen).
And given all the stores that are still closing doors, it's clear that some of the excess capacity from the go-go years is still around.
It happened again with conglomerates in the go-go years of the 1960s, and with gold and silver in 1980 when these two precious metals fetched prices that have never been seen since.
Would you have predicted that Manchester United would go 26 years before winning the English League again?
Since tortoises can go two years between drinks of water, an unplanned micturition can cause dehydration and even death.
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As for the rest, a facility can go five years without its recurring inspection, which is too long, critics said.
Unlike astronauts, who go through years of training and documentation, you will likely only be asked to supply the operator with a copy of your passport.
These people also said Apple's antenna woes go back years, through multiple versions of the iPhone and with repeated instances of design clashing with functionality.
While there is still some debate, experts increasingly agree that most spending declines through retirement, as people transition from the "go-go" to the "slow-go" to the "no-go" years.
On backlogs that go back years, now, as I said, I know since a lot of these problems have been going on since Katrina happened, people understandably feel impatient.
The problem is that we would have to go through years of Congress conducting new hearings to determine what the trigger would be for which states would be covered.
The watch is powered by a regular button cell, but thanks to the low-energy design, the watch can go two years between battery changes, assuming that the Bluetooth function is used for about 12 hours per day.
About 2, 000 children a year are diagnosed with the condition, though when you divide that by the number of GPs in the UK, it is clear that many of them could go some years without seeing a case.
Free-agent contracts can last just seven years, but clubs can go to eight years to re-sign their own players.
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If you want to go back 950 years, you could theoretically race ahead of light.
So there go the Maserati years, he thought, and for a moment he felt sad.
And as the years go on, employees and new customers will come by the thousands.
Recent intelligence assessments suggest his involvement in plans to attack Britain go back several years.
New Mexico winemaking, mostly for religious functions, is said to go back 375 years.
Go back 25 years when manufacturing employment comprised 25 percent of the work force.
Today hyper-vigilant hospitals have managed to go months or years without a case of ventilator pneumonia.
Its operating margin narrowed to 11% in the first half, from 14% two years go.
Expect to hear more from all the up-and-comers on this list as the years go on.
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As the years go by, everything begins to come together, and careers take off.
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Patience is often a virtue, but not when years go by with little improvement.
Weeks and months, years go by while arguments volley over who has the better idea.
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Go back five years and look at these two companies in the 2005 ranking.
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