It was a time for looking forward, but also for nostalgia for lifelong Bluebirds.
It was a time when its ordinary stars were less savvy and seemed more genuine.
It was a time when seclusion and retreat, already tropes in Chinese culture, acquired multiple nuances.
General Musharraf said it was a time for "confidence-building" moves with India, but cautioned against complacency.
It was a time of climatic stability and, in the temperate regions of the Earth, clemency.
It was a time when his words were under less scrutiny than they are now.
It was a time of reassessment of the New Deal and Great Society formulas and their liberal legacies.
It was a time of singing-sock-puppets, 21-year-old chief executives, gravity-defiant stock prices, revolutionary technologies and half-baked business plans.
It was a time of social and political tribalism - bosses v workers, left v right, Labour v Tory.
It was a time to grow and expand the boundaries, personally and professionally.
It was a time "to exhibit utter fidelity to the vision at the heart of the Good Friday Agreement", she said.
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It was a time when we weren't able to witness world events or the horrors of war live on 24-hour news channels.
It was a time of sharp recession, with the Dow still under 1000, struggling to touch a peak first hit in ... gasp, 1966.
There were numerous cyclical bull markets and cyclical bear markets during the 16 years, but it was a time for market-timing not buy and hold.
When I moved to Jakarta, it was 1967, and it was a time that had followed great suffering and conflict in parts of this country.
It was a time, he said, for families to be together.
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Entering the second quarter, it was a time to be more cautious and wait for some digestion or a pull-back to re-enter or re-add to any long positions.
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It was a time of political, social and artistic ferment.
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It was a time when phrases like "scrip, " "black lung" and "mining disaster" fell from the lips of workers, wives and children like the tar-colored dust that settled on their windowsills.
It was a time when patrons hid drinks in paper bags (the club belatedly received its liquor license in 1968) and the family illegally ran booze around the city in taxi cabs.
It was a time of passionate political debates.
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It was a time of incredible ignorance.
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It was a time when the economy was changing rapidly, and many hardworking people were driven out of work or to poor economic circumstances while a few lucky people were able to game the system and obtain wealth beyond what they merited.
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