This is a local, protecting angel, whose function is to link the mining past with the future and to focus the hopes and fears of a region struggling out of decline.
Based on the novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas tells six different stories spanning the past and the future with big-name actors like Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugh Grant playing multiple roles.
BAE, having spent a decade telling investors that its future lay with the US defence market, has in the past couple of months been telling everyone that its future was with Europe.
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On its face, the device shares a lot more with BlackBerry's past than its future, with a build that's clearly a spiritual successor to the company's Bold line.
New York is grappling with the quick fix mistakes of past planning deals, in coming to terms with the biggest question of its future.
The goal is to help them come to terms with their past so they can focus on the future.
Those who lacked the discipline to work and save (and to invest wisely) in the past will have fewer resources with which to be frivolous in the future.
On a more serious note, it is interesting to see how the gadgets of the present future line up with the predictions of the past.
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We know that the general theory of relativity is compatible with the existence of space-times in which travel to the past or remote future is possible.
And it wouldn't be in line with the spirit of looking to the future together and not into the past.
The study of the past doesn't yield unalterable laws that allow one to predict the future with the same certainty that a physicist can chart the trajectory and velocity of a falling object.
But overall the mood among millions of Egyptians who have patiently queued again and again in the past year to have a say in their future is one of weary disgust with the whole messy business.
Inevitably, however, as in the past, there will be times in the future when America will be faced with the question of whether we need to place thousands of our young men and women in harm's way.
Brush up on the city's colourful past and promising future at the place Baltimore Heritage, Inc. bestowed with a 2010 Historic Preservation Award before you explore the neighbourhood's streets, lined with Victorian row houses that lead you to local shopping, dining, art and theatre.
Mohamed talked about the past and the future of his ancient people with an unhurried air.
When a new era begins, it typically begins with a hybrid approach of the past and the future.
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If we, as human beings, continue to act as predictably in the future as we have in the past, markets should trend higher, with the occasional sell-off or correction.
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Ismail says that 80% of their curriculum is focused on the future, not the past with a mandate to teach the next generation how to leverage technology to solve problems in the world with technology we have today.
"If this election is to take the political pulse of our nation, then I want every beat and every vote to show a nation that looks with hope and generosity and courage to the future, not with regret or hurt, and bitterness of the past, " he said in the final hours of the race.
The courts are charged with preserving this balance, ensuring that the system rewards past innovation without unduly burdening future innovators.
Enstrom says it has seen a 50% growth in employment over the past 18 months, and with the new ownership will continue to grow to meet current and future demands.
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In that world, the immediate past and near future were usually similar enough to allow us to predict the future with some confidence.
If there is reason for hope that the UN will prove capable in the future of improving upon its past, generally dismal record when it comes to dealing with the world's ills, it lies in America being represented there by an exceptionally principled, articulate and energetic advocate for our cause.
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The Tories aren't the future of the National Health Service, they're still catching up with the past.
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Now with the launch of Timeline, this past, present and future similarity is especially true.
The SDLP's John Dallat said the time for playing politics and juggling with the future of Strangford Lough was long past.
But it's going to require China, just like all the rest of us, to align our existing policies and what we've done in the past with what's needed for a brighter future.
Long-time readers are likely well aware that the period beginning November 1 through April 30 historically has been very good for our newsletter portfolios (past performance never a guarantee of future performance) with returns over the last 22 years averaging 22% per annum!
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Whatever has happened in the past has no impact on what you can do with your future.
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