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  • I took yearsto recover – both from theinjuryand the impact of the poorreview.

    Portrait of the artist: Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano 2010

  • It really was what they said- Michael worked for yearsto turn himself from a young black man into first, Diana Ross, and then, his best friend, Liz Taylor.

    Teaching 2009

  • It really was what they said- Michael worked for yearsto turn himself from a young black man into first, Diana Ross, and then, his best friend, Liz Taylor.

    February 2009 2009

  • The government calculation ofinflation has been changed over the yearsto mask reality.

    "No thanks. We don't take dollars here." 2008

  • It took a worldwide protest against Nestlefor yearsto stop them, I guess because they just were so committed to helping protect black babies from the stupidity their mothers nursing them and letting the mothers 'immune systems protect the babies from the lousy water.

    Dear Wellesley College, my alma mater, and Robert Paarlberg, a professor there 2008

  • I had this bright idea to get a head start on the new year by testing the strength of the Equal Rights Amendment -- you know, the ERA -- the free pass thatenterprising women have used for yearsto back stubbornmen into corners ...

    A Christmas Story 2007

  • Ultimately it is by means of doublethink that the Party has been ableand may, for all we know, continue to be able for thousands of yearsto arrest the course of history.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

  • I have fought for four hard yearsto change the Conservative Party and put it on the right track.

    Epolitix News 2010

  • Société Générale spending £80m over the next two yearsto prevent a further incidents.

    IT Management from ComputerWeekly.com 2008

  • Société Générale spending £80m over the next two yearsto prevent a further incidents.

    IT Management from ComputerWeekly.com 2008

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