The Blue Nile moves fast through the city, careening against the riverbanks as if it's already late for something.

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Homeowners say it's already too late to stop their properties from being blighted.

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Just as with energy efficient cars, no one in America is ever interested until it's already very late, then they act like, hey, this is really new.

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And if he identifies a sick cow he will have saved the cow, because the moment she has a physical sickness or a fever it's already too late.

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The idea is, especially with mental illness and psychosis, that by the time people notice you are psychotic, it's already too late for them to ask you how you want your treatment handled.

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They clearly could have gone back to the Florida Supreme Court, but the U.S. Supreme Court had already said ... basically it's too late.

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"I think they are taking some action, but it's too late, the information is already out there on that tape, " he said.

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And because Royal Mail had already printed millions of the stamps before it received the Queen's official approval, it is too late for a redesign.

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