You can see that a new tax raises revenues compared to some prior year, or that it raises taxes for high-earners relative to what they paid at some time in the past.
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And yet the relation between economic data - which are often imperfect, and can only represent the state of an economy as it was some time in the past - and the future is tenuous at best.
Somebody must have raised some money at some time in the past, as the 7 million in net book value of property on the assets side is matched mainly by net worth and an unsecured note of 1.5 million.
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Mr. Campagna and his colleagues argue that at some time in the past few hundred thousand years, during a part of the ice age when much of South America was covered with grasslands, an ancestral species of capuchino expanded rapidly across the continent.
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But it's the conclusion of Venture Economics Information Services, a Newark, New Jersey-based research firm, which calculated the average annual return of more than 300 venture capital firms, based on how the share prices of their portfolio companies performed since going public some time over the past five years.
Those queries are hard to answer but pondering them is far more useful than asking whether taxes will rise or fall relative to a baseline, or whether it will take more or less income out of the pockets of those in a particular income group than it did at some time in the past.
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At some unknown time in the past, genetic mutations occurred that didn't prevent a gene from doing its job but did cripple it slightly.
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"I've done some jail time in the past, " he said.
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In short order Gil is transported in a magic cab to a smoky, underlit Paris where it is always just past midnight, some time in the 1920s.
Whether this points to a prequel of some sorts, or just more time spent in the past, is an open question.
Woodhall, who's here to commentate on the fight for BBC Radio Five Live, has spent some time with Carl and trainer Robert McCracken in the past few months at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Several people, including some scientific communicators, believe that the time of knowledge is past.
"It has been peaceful and settled for some time and this incident is an unwelcome throwback to the past, " he said.
With 40-60 years as a guide, the past amount of equivalent time should provide some guide of changes occurring during that time.
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The jury was shown CCTV of Mr Edwards leaving the bar, and footage from some time later which showed a golden coloured Rover car driving past.
After spending some quality time with Samsung's ACE for Sprint the past few days, yep, we can now say with confidence what we've suspected all along: it's essentially a BlackJack in Sprint clothing.
With some patience, time, and important conversations, you can get past that initial impression and focus on driving your team forward.
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Xavier Rush replaced Powell at half-time and was soon on the scoreboard, slipping past some weak defence for Blair to convert.
Editor and writer Kai Wright has been sharing remarkable stories from the past, and even some stories from a more recent time.
It could still take some time before it is perfectly clear how Bristol has been doing these past few years, when it was buffeted by patent expirations of top-selling products such as cancer drug Taxol and anxiety medication BuSpar.
It found that 49% of all workers expect to spend some time in the office this holiday season shopping online, on par with past years.
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It's time that we get back to some core principles that united Republicans in the past.
And with Wal-Mart's stock price stuck in neutral for the past five years, some shareholders are asking whether it's time to throw in the towel by settling most of these suits and getting back to minding the stores.
Some intermediate funds extend maturities well past the intermediate part of the yield curve to time the market or boost returns, adding market risk.
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And if the past is any guide, we know what that means: time for some layoffs!
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Her jail time has won her new fans by tempering a past image of perfectionism which some critics found irritating.
The valuation of currencies was a hot topic in 2012 and developments over the past few weeks suggest that it is likely to remain in the headlines for some time.
Some 40 percent of those questioned said they had been without work for a period of time in the past 3 years.
Selangor Chief Minister Muhammad Taib, also on Anwar's team last time but now lukewarm toward the DPM, was re-elected despite some questionable dealings in his past.
If past experiences with the advent of generics is any guide, it will probably take some time for pharmacy shelves to fill with atorvastatin and for most patients to get on the generic.
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