It was supposed to be anonymous, but it didn't end up being the case.
But someone plainly forgot to tell the economy that it was supposed to be in trouble.
It was supposed to be opening day for tax season at the Internal Revenue Service.
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It was supposed to be inspired by Norway's oil fund, most of which is saved.
"WikiLeaks has become a political player, which is never what it was supposed to be, " he says.
Nor is the Republican-dominated Congress proving to be quite the boon that it was supposed to be.
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"It was supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches because I'm Joe Citizen, " he said.
We were celebrating the 25th anniversary of Cirque, and it was supposed to be a great festive year.
"When the chainsaws stopped, it was supposed to be very quiet, " he says.
It was supposed to be a relatively minor procedure, but she died in a Detroit hospital at the age of 35.
But if you look at the past 11 years when it was supposed to be temporary, who knows where it's going.
It was supposed to be a breakthrough victory for Harlem residents and a model on how to settle raging land-use disputes.
"My biggest mistake was when I turned up at school wearing my uniform when it was supposed to be a non-uniform day!"
It was supposed to be about a two-minute walk, but in the unfamiliar dark I missed my house and continued on past more stilt houses.
If anyone could see trouble ahead, it was supposed to be Greenspan.
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It was supposed to be just high-end residential, but Ciputra foresaw that tony retailers would want to be near such a place.
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She and Rich used to drink red wine every day in reasonable quantities because it was supposed to be good for your heart.
It was supposed to be a convertible, but the concertina metal bits that supported the canvas top were too rusted to fold back.
It was supposed to be a confidence builder, but the Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut Tuesday sends just one message: The Fed is following.
When it was done, the boy ate the whole thing, and did not share a morsel, which was exactly as it was supposed to be.
Because like a lot of mainstream media properties, from newspapers to TV, Newsweek never really could figure out what it was supposed to be doing.
It was supposed to be the fuel that could wean, at least partially, America and other petroleum importing countries from their dependence on foreign oil.
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It was supposed to be a formidable force, but the U.S. Marines have encountered little resistance as they have come in and through the town.
It was supposed to be dedicated Saturday, with a single mother of five moving in, said Michelle Kennedy, a Habitat for Humanity staffer who was helping with the tornado response.
It was the first time I really experienced art on my own terms, without having an adult tell me what it meant or why it was supposed to be important.
If you simply saved money after 1971, you stood to get killed as the dollar lost value against things it was supposed to be able to procure in the future.
It was supposed to be a hugely popular idea, but within a couple of months, it just flipped: going from an 80 percent approval rating to an 80 percent disapproval rating.
Camping claimed he was able to use the Bible to calculate the exact date of the Rapture ( most recently it was supposed to be May 23, 2011, and before that in 1994).
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