But arguing over who did what in the past is beside the point.
"It is not often understood that what happened in Asia in the past year is a reflection of what has happened to the yen, " says Richard Koo of Nomura Research Institute in Tokyo.
What happened in the past is just that, the past.
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What worked in the past is no longer working.
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What has increased in price in the recent past is what has succeeded.
He has proved himself time and time again, but it's not about what he's done in the past it is about what he is doing now.
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How have they grown in the past and what is their position to grow in relation to their competitors?
What has worked in the past is turned into roadkill in 2011.
But investors are wise to this process and they know that what Apple did in the past is now relevant only if it can use its capabilities to go after another big market where it does not currently offer a world-beating product.
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In bull markets, I have always kept an eye on the number of stocks making new highs and what happened in 2007 and 2008 is typical of what I have observed in the past.
What is reassuring for the company is that in the past three months, Nokia has managed to gain a couple of percentage points in market share at the expense of Samsung, as has HTC.
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Trapped in the Past What emerges is a huge financial shopping mall of investment choices.
What is known about past large Himalayan earthquakes, what is uncertain, and where are the gaps in knowledge and in seismicity where large and destructive events could occur in the foreseeable future?
But what is missing in most of the narrative is that over the past few years compounding pharmacies have twice been cast as heroes in the battle to limit health costs.
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So I believe what you saw in the past few months is reflective of a deep and strong relationship.
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"I think what we've seen in the past is that Tunisia had the effect of emboldening the opposition in Egypt, " he said.
What they have shown is much more discipline with the bat than we have seen in the past, and that is precisely what we were looking for when the series started.
But for all that bleakness the drop in sales is only a brief setback in what has been a remarkable past few years for BPDR.
The transition that has taken place in the global machine tool industry over the past seven years is representative of what is taking place in one industry after another.
With respect to what I've said in the past around red lines -- what I've said is that the use of chemical weapons are something that the civilized world has recognized should be out of bounds.
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What is most significant is the relative drop in the farm value over the past half-century.
There persists a patronising assumption that what is worn today is automatically better than anything worn or used in the past.
What has happened in the past week or so is that it has become clear - to the IMF, to the Obama administration, and to many other interested parties - that the muddle-through option is not viable.
He added that, more than in the past, patients should be involved in the decision of what type of replacement is used with their surgeon.
While fundamental factors clearly played a role in driving down house prices that were at excessive levels two years ago, we have argued in a paper (to be published in the Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy) that in most markets house values are today lower than what is consistent with the average level of affordability in the past 20 years.
So one of the ways that First Ladies in the past have tried to include the broader public in on what's going on is by holding these types of events where we invite the press to share some of the incredible behind-the-scenes work that goes into planning and pulling off this amazing day.
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How can these clients, who also by the way, have fewer resources (dollars and people) than in past times, also know what is going on with agencies today?
"We have to look at doing things a lot differently than what's been done in the past because this is a very unique audience, and we're marketing a product that's never been marketed before, " Mr. Marchand said.
But what has made this conflict so different in the past year is that, by and large, both sides want it ended.
That is exactly what has happened in the past, particularly 2006.
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