pre-crash

And this was pre-crash, before our vital real estate sector was leveled flat.

Matthew Yglesias » Unemployment Forever 2010

But, pre-crash, the Conservatives did not challenge Labour's revenue estimates.

Britain's economy is stagnating before the cuts bite. Osborne needs a plan C now | Robert Skidelsky 2011

Guitarist Gary Rossington and Powell were the only members of the pre-crash incarnation of Skynyrd who were still playing with the band.

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Billy Powell Dead at 56 » Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2009

And this was pre-crash, before our vital real estate sector was leveled flat.

Matthew Yglesias » Unemployment Forever 2010

Car sales are up 20% in two years, even if still below pre-crash levels.

Revisiting the Auto Bailout With Clint Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2012

Guitarist Gary Rossington and Powell were the only members of the pre-crash incarnation of Skynyrd who were still playing with the band.

2009 » January » Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2009

Wall Street hiring is rebounding, but is still well off its pre-crash levels, a good thing in our view.

Is The Financial Sector Gobbling Up The U.S.' Would-Be Entrepreneurs? 2011

The notion of a common European home with common interests is failing as some states, such as Germany and Sweden, return to pre-crash rates of growth while others, Greece, Portugal and Ireland among them, remain broke.

EU economy: Cuts, growth, debt and democracy | Editorial 2011

We all WANT him to get healthy, return to his pre-crash form, and score tons of goals for United and the National Team.

Charlie Davies is a gamble worth taking Jeff Maurer 2011

During the last 30-ish years, more or less since the arrival of Reagan-ism, the fraction of national income taken home by the finance sector rose significantly, from something like 10% pre-Reagan to a pre-crash high of something like 25%.

Matthew Yglesias » Justice and Stabilization 2010