The popular image of these late years may be of crusty and decrepit ancients.
Some of the sources of the faster growth of recent years may now be exhausting themselves.
What we lose in the next two years may become impossible to rebuild in 10.
"A recession that lasts a few years may incrementally boost a trend that's been ongoing regardless, " Hallerman says.
Seniors up to 79 years may benefit from a turn with a set of light barbells, for instance.
The IRS has managed to reverse a rising tide of taxpayer victories, and six years may end up sticking nationwide.
MPs who in recent years may have wondered if they went to sleep and woke up in the wrong party.
If that happens, a dozen submarines conceived during the Obama years may make the difference between national survival and nuclear annihilation.
The corporate scandals of recent years may have faded from the headlines, but they are still fresh in the minds of American investors.
One caveat: The data have an inherent positive survivorship bias, as some companies captured in earlier years may have failed along the way.
The twilight years may now be upon him but O'Driscoll refuses to consider retirement as long as he remains a force to be reckoned with.
In fact, the real danger to China is that the bipartisan consensus that has lasted for nearly 40 years may be starting to break down.
Negotiators said that some longer-term bonuses that don't lead to actual payouts for at least five years may be discounted when the caps are calculated.
The 5-10 years may come from corporations eager to rationalize drastically shortening careers to the point that US students are bailing from STEM occupations entirely.
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"It's important to realise that the FA's gross income in the next four-and-a-half years may well be in excess of a billion pounds, " he trumpeted.
But investors with a longer-term horizon than two or three years may still want to consider Ceradyne, especially given its plans to attack new markets.
The next two years may not be so dull after all.
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As other parts of the region catch up, and as the novelty of heading west wears off, the heavy flows of recent years may be ending.
No matter who manages to get the control of the Senate, (which is what is really important in the November election), the next four years may not be very satisfying.
Also adding to banks' concerns are fears that the record lending over the past few years may result in a rise in bad loans and hurt their profits.
The years may pass, but human motives remain depressingly unchanged.
The fund suggests the low volatility of recent years may be owing to greater economic stability, improved central-bank credibility or the better dispersion of risks around the financial system.
"This has been a disaster for this region, and people are understandably frightened and concerned about what the next few months and the next few years may hold, " he added.
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Stone implements dating back as far as 45, 000 years may have been used to grind cereal grains, but there is no way to know for sure, since no associated plant remains survive.
The economic experiences of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates in the past few years may offer useful experience to the U.S. and other nations, he said (see related story here).
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When interest rates are at 6 percent and the real estate market seems to be booming, the average interest rates in five years may be 12 percent and it may be 3 percent.
But having read about Mr Grasso's compensation, many investors who have lost pots of cash in the past three years may think that the real beneficiary of their dollars was the grinning bell-ringer himself.
The steps we've taken over the last two years may have broken the back of this recession, but to win the future, we'll need to take on challenges that have been decades in the making.
The reported deal between the U.S. and South Korea on a trade agreement that has been stalled for three years may be the ray of light the U.S. business community has been hoping for on trade.
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