Not very long ago, Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart had the world at their feet.
Not so very long ago, America was the destination for capital and talent.
Not very long ago this event would have served as an extended happy hour en route to an epic night of some sort.
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It is easy now to be complacent about Europe's current relative stability, forgetting just how unlikely this seemed not so very long ago.
"It wasn't very long ago that the average American child saw Africa as colorful flags and exotic names on a map, " Clinton said.
Not very long ago, coal bed methane, which currently accounts for almost 10% of all U.S. natural gas production, was considered too expensive for commercial production.
It used to be, not very long ago, that you needed to hire an illustrator or designer to help you create one of these files or images.
Once, not so very long ago, private individuals could not get access to photocopy machines except at certain government offices, such as the Post Office of Public Libraries.
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You know, not very long ago when inflation was in the 1, 000's of percentage points it was not a country where it was easy to believe in the future.
Indeed, many remember a time not very long ago when yields in German bunds and U.S. Treasurys were close to double-digits and have factored such returns into their long-term financial planning.
"Not very long ago I would have said a man would wear a beaded bracelet in only a casual way, but now with so many on offer, they seem to be available for every occasion, " he adds.
Although the East India Company flourished a very long time ago, in a very different world, its growth, longevity and demise have lessons for those who run today's state companies and debate their future, lessons about the benefits of linking a company's interests to a nation's and the dangers of doing so.
Rep. Paul would do well to acknowledge that those days passed us by a very long time ago and there is no going back.
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He obviously participated in a very long process four years ago, and he looks forward to the time when there is a nominee from the other party and for that debate to be joined.
Of our social institutions, very few survive from that long ago: the Catholic Church (and various orders and sub-groups within it), the Japanese Monarchy, and so on.
Not long ago they beat a very decent Nottingham side so we know that we will have to raise our game and be at our very best.
While today we are a successful growth company executing on a powerful vision, not so long ago, SAP was faced with the very unpleasant task of cutting 3000 people from its payroll worldwide when software sales dropped sharply during the economic crisis in 2009.
What the hardware is that goes underneath Oracle (or Ingres etc, the other relational databases, if any of them still exist so long ago was my involvement in this world) is very much a secondary consideration.
He said that he was very young when he stepped on the Moon and that it was a long time ago, so let's move on!
Sam Raimi has brought a very good version to the screens, given that Spider-Man was created so long ago its hardly surprising that Raimi has dabbled slightly with Spider-Man, though nothing major.
Russia receives very little money now from the United States in direct aid -- which dried up a long time ago.
The device above could very well be the long rumored Optimus Tab we caught hanging out in the LG booth here in Las Vegas just moments ago.
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