"I began this story a long time ago before Twilight was even released, " Meyer said.

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Joe Lieberman was there a long time ago before we started going to the White House occasionally.

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The war over MTs in games was lost a long time ago before they ever arrived in games.

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That was long-time ago before anyone had heard about Quantitative Easing.

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For the record, I owned Google for a long time before selling a year or so ago.

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