But a return to past glories looks far-fetched.
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The No campaign claimed the Australian public is agitating for a return to the return past the post system, which is ludicrous.
"You cannot return to the past and collect data on the status of plants and animals, " Droege said.
Some have blamed modernity, suggesting that India needs to return to its past.
Or fall to the influence of his advisers and return to his past stance that government intervention is necessary?
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The biggest uncertainty is how long it will take the investment banking business to return to its past levels of profitability.
Mr Brown said earlier there could not be "a return to the past ways of governance" within the banking sector, which resulted in pay awards that were "offensive" to the public.
And we were in Cleveland, the same place that Congressman Boehner was in where he outlined a return to the past, and the President wanted to outline what he believes a hopeful and vibrant American future looks like.
Despite a lukewarm response from critics to most of his recorded output during the past two decades, he is considered to have hit a return to form with his past couple of albums, while continuing to sell out concert halls around the world.
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"It's a return to the glorious past of distributing pretty much every dollar they earn, " said Adam Landes, oil and gas analyst at Renaissance Capital bank.
There are many who think that strengthening the value of China's currency won't mean American jobs lost to China in the past decade return to US shores - the jobs will simply go to the next low-cost country like Vietnam or India.
This is not a profitable venture at the moment, and the average annual return to shareholders over the past six years has been -7%.
Ipswich took the lead thanks to a route one ball from Alexander, neatly flicked on by Lee to Counago, whose return pass set up his strike partner to fire past David Marshall.
Emotional readers may well reply to the above that Napolitano and libertarians more broadly seek a return to the segregation of the past.
Those bonds were issued to Social Security in the past in return for the Social Security surpluses over the years given to the federal government for its general spending programs, paying for everything from foreign aid to bridges to nowhere.
That viability may, in turn, determine our ability to avoid in the years ahead, as we have for the past four decades, a return to conscription to meet our requirements for warriors in those conflicts.
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He has vowed to return several times in the past, but those previous attempts have been abandoned.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie condemned the offshore processing legislation, labelling it a return to the unscrupulous policies of the past.
And Brazilians would be unlikely to tolerate a party whose policies risked a return to the rampant inflation of the past.
This does not necessitate a return to the colonial attitudes of the past, but rather a keener appreciation of our unique human, physical and political advantages.
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Our survey revealed that product return rates over the past three to five years have increased for more than half of retailers (57 percent) and nearly half (43 percent) of manufacturers surveyed.
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But even if and when Jeter returns to that level, it will merely represent a return to what he has been the past few seasons: one of the most limited shortstops in baseball.
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While all parties appear determined to avoid a return to the dark days of the past, Lebanon's future could rely as much on the outcome of the Syrian conflict as on political goodwill within its own borders.
This isn't exactly a return to hardcore chemistry sets of the past (you'll find no radioactive materials or poisons in here), but it's certainly a step in the right direction for an America whose love affair with science is on the rocks.
Royal Caribbean slashed costs at a manic pace over the past year to return to profitability, and having done so the stock has nearly doubled the performance of Carnival since July 1 (up 29 percent, aided by a comparably rosier 2010 forecast in the wake of the second quarter earnings beat).
As a fugitive from Thai justice, Mr Thaksin has had to live in exile for the past few years, but if his return to his homeland seems a case of special treatment, or a matter of being let off the charges against him, that will surely provoke a backlash from the yellow shirts and their ilk.
We can return to the failed economic policies of the past, or we can keep building a stronger future.
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