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"But I don't think we can say we've necessarily cemented the foundation of the financial system in a way that we all hope will be the case in the not-too-distant future when some of these things are done."
Schapiro Still Sees Fissures in Financial System Andrew Ackerman 2011
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He imagined that in the not-too-distant past the vice president of internal relations handed out real bonuses and patted workers on the back.
The Snow Whale John Minichillo 2011
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In the not-too-distant future, we will probably have to revisit this issue.
IMF Chief Raises Idea of Seeking More Cash Ian Talley 2011
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Min explained more of her plot: in the not-too-distant future a disgruntled and somewhat crazy professor at Stanford, Professor Richard Locksley, hijacks the university's time-traveling supership and alters history.
X, Chapter 3: Morowitz Benjamin Matvey 2012
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To some, a move above December's record gold price of $1,431.30 an ounce now looks firmly within reach, with many market observers forecasting an ascent to $1,500 an ounce in the not-too-distant future.
Silver Prices Hit 31-Year High Francesca Freeman 2011
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Dangerous, which sounds as if it was recorded using busker keyboard presets, is a not-too-distant cousin to Michael Sembello's Maniac, last heard on the soundtrack to 1983 dance flick, Flashdance.
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Looking back at the not-too-distant past, I recollect how much we dragged our own kid over a lot of states – mouth spread like a bull-horn and cemented in her car-seat by raisins, mushy animal crackers, and cookie crumbs – and I have to smile through the apprehension that still roils my stomach every August.
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