But then a Koopa Troopa got me, and I had the distinct thrill of starting over with the press of a button quarters hoarded now only for parking meters.
"It's a shame one had to get beat but Reel Buddy should have won a couple of Group races before now only for things to go wrong, " said Hannon.
Other traditions remain: the separate stairways, the women's bib-fronted habits (now worn only for church on Sundays), the a capella singing and the old tasks, such as haying and jam-making.
It makes little sense, he may have calculated, to appoint a fresh face as prime minister now, only for that face to be covered in mud in a couple of months' time.
Yet the club itself now accounts for only around a tenth of Ministry's revenues.
One-time Internet star CMGI is still alive, although its shares now trade for only about 40 cents apiece.
But her biggest push will be to drive growth overseas, which now accounts for only 14% of revenue.
But this category now accounts for only 2.7 percent of the total, so further savings in this area will be limited.
Down 40% in the past year, PV modules now account for only about a third of the cost of a power plant.
Native Sahrawis now account for only a fifth of the city's 200, 000-odd people, most of whom are Moroccans lured by subsidies and government jobs.
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Now, for only the second time in its history, the Phillips Collection is dedicating another space for permanent residence, and Rothko has a lot to do with it.
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After a couple of quarters where they only hit a solid double or triple, now this is the only hope for them?
For now the only place to try the burgers is at the Postcard Inn, and for his legions of Miami area fans, that is not a tough road trip.
For now Cambodians can only accept the army's seeming enthusiasm for the task at face value.
Although a debating chamber was built in the 1970s, before plans for an assembly were scrapped in 1979, it is now deemed to be fit only for committee meetings.
This means that while the worst might be over for banks in Singapore, things are only now starting to get bad for some of the Hong Kong banks.
You can only invest now for gains you hope to make in the future.
Besides Android, Windows Phone is now the only viable alternative for any smartphone manufacturer.
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The specter of military action, called Plan B, remains on the shelf -- but only for now.
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Analysts are calling it de-euro-isation and it's happening, even if only for now as a temporary defence mechanism.
Perry, Herman Cain, and Mitt Romney are now the only viable candidates for the Republican presidential nomination remaining.
For now only small sums can be transferred via telephone accounts, but there is no limit to the technology.
He says that he and his brother now ask for advice only indirectly.
The only hope now for the Japanese government is to take dramatic steps before the crisis forces its hand.
The Scottish government has published figures indicating that 26 hospitals in Scotland now provide only single rooms for patients.
Patients now pay directly for only 35% of China's total health spending, compared with well over 60% ten years ago.
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The strong volume on rallies and high open interest have turned at least one bear to the bull column, but only for now.
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If, as the IFRS Foundation are now suggesting accounts are only for speculators, where is the long-term investor get the information that they need?
Hong hopes to release a dozen films by the end of next year, but he admits that for now only a quarter of his TV programming is of the quality that he wants.
Obama signaled earlier this month he was prepared to assert a vigorous constitutional right to marriage, but confine it for now only to the Proposition 8 matter and perhaps to the seven other states with civil union laws like California's.
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