Ecologically and aesthetically, that seemed to spell the end of the river per se.
That came after Mancini said Balotelli may never play for the club again after he was sent off during a defeat at Arsenal that had seemed to spell the end to their title campaign.
The differences kept narrowing and it seemed that a round or two of negotiation could end the matter in a positive way.
The faction on Capitol Hill that seemed to revel in the prospect of default was, in the end, ignored and compromise was achieved, because it was simply unacceptable to responsible leaders in Washington to accept the idea that the United States would default.
Perhaps most importantly, the two leaders seemed to end the summit still friends and still in agreement that it is in their countries' common interest to be allies instead of adversaries.
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In fact, at the end of our stay, the only aspect of the camp that seemed deserving of criticism was the rather lackluster swimming pool.
Then, by the time everyone was coming around to the idea that the last invincible corner of the market was finally rolling over, the correction seemed to end Tuesday, and stocks like Apple and Priceline were back in positive territory amid a surge for the broader market.
Just think of the vision of the airborne-amphibious gyro that, in the 1960s, seemed destined for everyone's garage by the end of the century.
It seemed that Pereda and the cows were bound for the end of the world, but they had just gone out for a walk.
But just six months later, DeLay tried to overthrow Gingrich in a coup attempt that, when it failed, seemed sure to end the Texan's stint in the leadership.
Carey's election in 1991 had seemed to signal an end to that era, with the union's rank and file voting directly for its leaders for the first time.
In the end, Problem Solving Day seemed to do more to boost the morale of the agency than that of the taxpayers.
An election that seemed to promise nothing less than the remaking of British politics may end up being much less transformational than that.
An 18-month dispute between British Airways and its cabin crew that led to the disruption of BA flights last year seemed set to end following negotiations between unions and management.
It still seemed most unlikely, when the second war came to its end, that the United States would actually accept the obligations and commitments of a permanent formal alliance.
To that end, an analysis showed that one particular floor never seemed to discharge patients over the weekend.
Near the end of 2011, two hot Internet companies conducted rich initial public offerings that seemed to inaugurate a new Internet stock boom.
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The saddest thing about the budget fudge is that it brought to an end a fortnight in which Europe suddenly seemed to be making progress, ridding itself of a tired commission and agreeing smartly on a heavyweight reformer, Italy's Romano Prodi, to run the new one.
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