These policies also increased Uribe's popularity as Colombians feel safer today than in the past several decades.

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Now, about that phone call: Hundreds of life insurance companies have been merged out of existence in the past several decades.

FORBES: Old but still kicking

Most of them have suffered a fall in per capita income for the past several decades, and health problems like Aids have dramatically lowered life expectancy.

BBC: Speeding debt relief

Indeed if initial estimates hold up, the Western I-banks in Russia could soon be in for some of the largest privatization deals of the past several decades.

FORBES: Sorry Ian Bremmer, the Russian Economy Is Growing

At least, that is likely if hospital costs keep climbing as rapidly as they have been doing for the past several decades (in March, while the CPI as a whole went down for the first time in 17 years, its medical-care component went right on increasing at a 12% annual rate).

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However, there have been several upward spikes in the retail price over the past two decades that have bucked but not broken a long-term falling trend.

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"This is an unparalleled opportunity to showcase what has made the Resorts World brand a globally recognized success for the past several decades, " CEO KT Lim said in a statement.

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For the past several decades, I have worked tirelessly to build diverse coalitions and to unite diverse leaders in Baltimore, New York, Hartford, and Pittsburgh to advocate for education reform and equity.

WHITEHOUSE: Education Is The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time