But those are things that have to get done before the end of the year.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Consequently, it has been taken for granted that the natural order of things is for QE2 to be ended, replaced, or modified well before the end of near-zero Federal Funds sometime late this year, next year, or the year after.

FORBES: The Time Has Come To Raise Interest Rates

Now this is where things were, near the end of the Mubarak era, and just before he was overthrown he decided to go ahead with the program.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Raymond Stock: The Arab Spring & Egypt��s Nuclear Weapons Program

"Two overs before (the end) I was back in the dressing room kicking things around, " said Key.

BBC: Captain Key hails Kent fightback

They offered up a raft of theoretically glamorous short-term jobs that were intended to end long before the young women would begin to care about things like health care or pensions or even salaries.

NPR: Excerpt: 'When Everything Changed'

Assuming things continue to progress positively, it'll probably be the end of the summer before Baghdad is at a level of security that people are more inclined to feel comfortable with.

NPR: Senators Air Iraq Doubts at Confirmation Hearing