But others have sprouted within the last decade and have proven their mettle as well.

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Stents are tiny metal mesh tubes designed to hold open clogged arteries, and they have revolutionized cardiac treatment within the last decade.

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Within the last decade four more states have been added.

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The idea of private space travel as the next frontier for adventurers has gained enormously popularity within the last decade, particularly after SpaceShipOne, financed by Microsoft co-founder PaulAllenPaul Allen, won the coveted Ansari X Prize in 2004.

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Within the last decade, the scene has evolved to a point of sophistication that has allowed it to leave the basement and the street corner and find a new home in clubs, medium-sized venues and on the Internet.

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Certainly, the military has accepted a lower profile within the Indonesian government in the last decade.

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To come up with a list of comparable pitchers, you might look for those who threw as many innings in the majors within 5% either way at the same ages over the last decade.

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Research that I recently conducted using Department of Labor data concludes that employment within a set of S ESOPs operating continuously over the last decade rose 20 percent, while the overall labor market has been roughly flat.

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The unprecedented wealth creation of the last half-decade has brought second--and third and fourth--homes within the grasp of more Americans.

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