And here's the stunning fact that links the United States to Lesterland: there are just as few "relevant funders" in USA-land as there are Lesters in Lesterland.
The numbers, however, suggest that poor Mancunians and Liverpudlians eat just as few green vegetables as poor Glaswegians (Glasgow also smokes and binge-drinks less than the other two cities).
Just as few could have predicted the dramatic growth spurt of East Asian economies 30 years ago, it is hard to forecast today how open, agriculturally-rich economies will continue to develop.
Just as few wanted to acknowledge how housing prices were being artificially inflated by the government, today the optimists, against all logic, are hoping greater fools will keep pumping more and more money into stocks.
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Football's all-time leading wide-receiver Jerry Rice would struggle to get open for a pass when running routes against today's speedy cornerbacks, just as few NFL teams would draft Joe Namath and Roger Staubach if the two Hall of Fame quarterbacks were transported into the 1990s while in their primes.
The idea that a car is only for getting you from point A to point B may seem just as quaint in few years.
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The Antipodeans' confidence was justified as just a few weeks ago they had confidently dispatched the hosts 26-16 and memories of the heavy 52-4 defeat at last year's World Cup still remained strong.
Ultimately, these seniors understand that shutouts and bowl games and trophies are not nearly as important as the solemn obligation, the solemn oath that they will take in just a few weeks as the newest officers in the world's finest Air Force.
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Streaming free television, with advertising as the key revenue source, was seen just a few years ago as the edge of an entertainment revolution.
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It is true that most other nations would welcome 5.8% growth, yet that level is dangerous for an economy that was expanding twice as fast just a few months ago.
In terms of professional gaming, its viewership now outpaces that of legendary strategy title Starcraft, unseating the decade-old powerhouse in just a few years as the most watch pro-played game.
This time around, he has been looking for natural gas in the lower reaches of the Gulf of Mexico, a basin that was given up as exhausted just a few years ago.
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But the fact is, without bipartisan support, as we had just a few years ago, we cannot solve this problem.
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You will find names like Brazil, India, Russia, China, just to name a few as a part of the opportunity set.
For goodness sake, look at how much great technology is available to the typical small business today as compared to just a few years ago.
Using hidden cameras, OTL recorded the men openly exchanging money with one another, even as they were just a few feet away from a uniformed police officer in one instance.
Many travellers pre-book jungle lodge stays well before they get to Iquitos, but it is just as easy to spend a few days here, get some advice and then book a trip.
As I freshman, I wondered how I could give back for this wonderful gift I had been given and decided to help others, just as I had helped a few of my friends.
The earnings boost that women have achieved after leaving welfare, says Mr Grogger, tends to flatten after just a few years, as the pay gains that stem from better work habits level off.
Games have sort of snuck up on Facebook, going from a curious side business to one of the mainstays of their revenue in just a few years: as their IPO filing revealed, fully 12 percent of their revenue comes from games.
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If they can generate the same shipments as they did just a few years ago, they will have a viable business that can thrive and expand, that can be used to develop new handsets, and to build on the BB10 platform.
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This is saying Iain Duncan Smith will face an immediate challenge to his authority when the Conservative Party's ruling body demands that he dismiss Barry Legg, his most senior aide, the man he just appointed just a few weeks ago as chief of staff and chief executive.
"Many children, as they get older, the tics become either much less prominent or certainly reduced to a single or just a few tics that are not as disabling, " Schub says.
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If the boom persists gas may take coal's place as the world's second-favourite fuel in just a few decades, and millions will breathe easier as a result.
Two, as I did yesterday, just to give you guys a few quick stats on Ohio as we're focused there today: 23 percent of Ohio votes have already been cast.
Facebook started offering that as a relationship option just a few months ago.
The reductions are significant as well, not just a few percent off the US prices.
Cardiac care has progressed significantly in just the past few years, as all areas of medicine have.
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In Namibia just a few hundred people work as polishers and cutters.
Indeed, irrespective of enlargement, this issue is set to cause trouble over the next few years, just as it did in the 1980s.
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