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• This prudence, sometimes almost bordering on irresolution, forms the outward rind of his character, and for a while is the only quality which we discover in it. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
• But the group got a lot of local club gigs and for a while was the house band at a local strip joint in the days of G-strings and an emcee between peelers When the band came apart, Tom took an acoustic guitar and reinvented himself as a folk club and coffeehouse performer. —  EQMM,June2006
• He had restored my faith in life, my hope, and for a while was all my joy People were kind, but I felt that many called merely because it was "good form"— "the thing to do." —  The Log-Cabin Lady
• What we have known for a while is almost 50\% of our stores are in those small, whether it's real small or mid market sizes, and many of those are older stores or have been around a while, but we've been able to look at their performance, and yes, all of the comp base has been declining over the last several years, but those smaller markets in general tend to have a higher productivity. —  Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
• The ones who have been around for a while are aware of what can be done, but have often given in to what has been deemed 'the future'. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women

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