More importantly, the country is much less vulnerable to external shocks than it used to be.
All of this makes the area much more elaborate and glamorous than it used to be.
It used to be that there was a veil drawn around the industry, it was secret.
It used a flashlight-like device to activate photo cells on the television set to change channels.
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BigSmart says Lamont is just a bad apple--the same line it used with Fournier in Maine.
You know business is just not as simple for many as it used to be.
It is used to power nuclear plants, and it is used for medical diagnoses and research.
But we should remember that "IMF involvement" doesn't mean quite what it used to mean.
"It's those times when we remember how it used to be, " says his mom.
"Brand loyalty isn't what it used to be in terms of celebrity magazines, " she explains.
The downside of the ridiculous, defiant defense is much less severe than it used to be.
The hope for TGN1412 was to have it used to treat a rare form of leukemia.
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It used to rile me when they called me that, but nowadays I just go along.
And it used additional shares as security for a mortgage on a new home.
The Natural Gas Vehicles coalition wants to see it used more extensively in vehicles.
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It used to be the boats would go out 100 miles, now they go out 500.
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It used to be that the second layer of tax could easily be avoided.
It used to be that nine out of 10 Indonesian children completed primary school.
It used to be 30 years ago, people would come up and be really upset.
"Convenience is still very important, but convenience means something different than it used to, " he says.
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He gets paid faster--within 45 days--whereas earlier it used to take twice as long.
It used to be that serving as outside counsel to pensions was a pretty sleepy business.
When my brain was in charge, it used to make these kinds of value judgments.
It used to be big news when beloved singers or bands licensed their songs for advertising.
But there is something else that is radically changing the way it used to be.
Ms. LENORE SEELEY (Central New York Works): Work isn't what it used to be.
Her life, however, is still far from what it used to be before the floods.
Then it used a trick where it increased pressure to slam on a valve.
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