The other bad news for Arab states is that oil shocks aren't what they used to be.
Maybe not what they used to be but real money you can take to the bank or pay your shareholders in dividends.
Since they are now only a shadow of what they used to be in entertainment value (and are grossly expensive), perhaps they should be shorter.
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It's rearing its head more and more, and it just means that conditions nowadays can never be quite like what they used to be in the past.
Because of the heat generated within Washington, the demands to "do something, " and to allay regional fears that Uncle Sam's defenses aren't what they used to be.
Neither golden nor very tasty, the hash browns are a shadow of what they used to be, and only look good insofar as the scrambled eggs quite simply look inedible.
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They will once again become what they used to be before a century of prosperity allowed large segments of the population to go to college: preserves of the children of rentier elites.
Over the last several years, we have done a lot to make our relations different from what they used to be, and we stand high chances to continue this positive trend and develop it further on.
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Those nights of jubilation spent wasting time on City of Heroes, World of Warcraft, and Ultima Online just aren't what they used to be, but in just three days, the wait for the world's next incredible MMO will be over.
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There are moments in politics where opinion reaches a critical mass and Estelle Morris may have fuelled that this morning by announcing an inquiry not just into what went wrong with this year's A-level grades but into the whole question of whether A-levels are "not what they used to be".
Dr. Michael Minkenberg, a professor of political science at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) who has also taught at New York, Cornell and Columbia universities, said concern over immigration, law and order "and the feeling that things aren't what they used to be any more" are at the heart of support for Europe's radical right.
Michael Minkenberg, a professor of political science at Germany's European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) who has also taught at New York, Cornell and Columbia universities, said he sees concern over immigration, law and order "and the feeling that things aren't what they used to be any more" as being at the heart of support for Europe's radical right.
They are using what used to be called artificial intelligence and is now referred to as machine learning to explore the relationships between the two.
It would also be what they used to call in Yes, Minister "very brave", in other words, politically suicidal.
"If nothing else, their routine is back to where it should be and back to what they're used to, " he says.
The challenge is to develop software that "understands" what objects are in order to deduce how they can be used.
Some sold out to what used to be called developers, and they'd put in five or ten poorly built houses.
And when they do, they bounce up or down, and then what used to be the ceiling becomes the floor.
If individuals know at the outset what their information will be used for, they will be able to make an informed decision about whether to enter into a relationship, or perhaps to try to renegotiate the terms of that relationship.
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And so I think they're very interested in what are additional strategies that can be used to encourage take-off in the U.S. economy.
That limits what they can be used for, since you need different combinations of pipes to bring chemicals together in the right order for different sorts of reactions to take place.
So they were lending -- part of what drove the housing boom was it used to be you had to save 20 percent to get money down to get your mortgage.
But what if the very gadgets causing my angst could be used to combat the stress they create?
In what ways can ICTs be used to strengthen social networks, or develop them where they are lacking?
Foreign policy used to be an election winner for Republicans because they were clear what they believed in.
Most of what MRC sells are products that are often used in extreme operating environments, so they need to be replaced regularly.
What is happening is that they're glad there's less crime than there used to be, but does it have to be done like this?
In both of these cases I used my own insight and observation to realize that these Wall Street darlings were not what they seemed to be.
McCANN: Of course their first role appeared to be that they'd be used in a conventional role, but what actually happened is that General Franks used them in their traditional unconventional role and used the Northern Alliance as the conventional soldiers, which made a lot of sense.
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