Life for the Tams was still a scrap, a far cry from the later glamour of Tam's career as a fashion designer.
Speaking like a moderate is a far cry from governing like one.
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In their annual Book of China's Society, the researchers paint a picture that is a far cry from the harmonious society the country's leadership trumpets.
These requests have been stonewalled by Team Obama, which has to date deigned to provide only a classified summary - a far cry from the authoritative text.
It's a nice, little sanctuary but a far cry from the club's glory days over a hundred years ago when a wealthy member gave them a parcel of land at 40th and Broadway, along with the money to build the four-story Mendelssohn Hall.
It is a nice business, but a far cry from the dreams some Westerners once had about China.
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From a design standpoint, the new mouse is a far cry from the round mouse with its color-coded side panels that look like they were attached with Elmer's Glue.
His most recent movie Hugo has seen the director embrace the challenge of 3D and create a film with family credentials - a far cry from the tense, taut nature of his earlier work.
BT, which owns 26% of its shares and competes with Vodafone in Britain, Vivendi should emerge with a solid telecoms platform a far cry from recent fears that it might have to sell its stake in Cegetel.
The goals and fears associated a family member associates with investing in your business are a far cry from the goals and fears of a professional investor.
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The site still draws roughly seven million visitors a month, but that's a far cry from the more than 30 million is was pulling in during its 2008 heyday.
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While current screens have a great gee-whiz feel, they are still a far cry from achieving the effect demanded of most three-dimensional researchers: a realistic, moving hologram like the one of Princess Leia projected from a lens inside R2D2 in Star Wars.
MovieBeam's short, sordid history hasn't exactly come to a close, but it's certainly a far cry from the service's once lofty goals.
Happily (given their record), only a few still have international ambitions a far cry from the days when nearly half of Japan's banks had offices in Hong Kong.
Yet this niche, according to Scott Morrison of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, an investment bank, might soon account for only a tenth of the American steel market by volume a far cry from the nearly 60% share of production now taken by integrated producers and perhaps a fifth by value.
Trucks are also being held to a higher standard of safety than ever before, a far cry from the bare-bones work vehicles that once dominated the market.
Although the News of the World was Britain's second biggest paper, with a circulation of 2.6m, this was a far cry from the more than 9m it sometimes sold in the 1950s.
I'll admit, I was operating on about four continuous hours of sleep a night in the six months post-birth, a far cry from the seven I require to feel rested and better equipped to handle life's demands, parental or otherwise.
The Xbox 360 once again topped the NPD Group's hardware charts in July, claiming a near-majority 49 percent market share of consoles -- but the 203, 000 units sold were a steep drop from the 257, 000 units that traded hands in June, and a far cry from the glory days that would have given a victory more meaning.
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In fact, Ned Davis Research was out with a note Thursday saying that some of the recent indicators suggest a GDP rate closer to 2.1%, which is a far cry from the current rate of 2.7%.
During a recent trip to Palm Springs, California, he saw a real windmill for the first time -- lofty and majestic -- a far cry from the wobbly, wooden structures that spin in his backyard.
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In case you couldn't guess, critics deemed this one "a keeper, " and to sweeten things up, the street price on this puppy is a far cry from its original MSRP.
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His desire to make a difference has seen him working with charities such as Oxfam and SOS, while in 2009 he spoke at the United Nations' Summit on Climate Change in New York -- a far cry from his early days as a lonely child in Benin.
Critics fear he plans to create a serious of disconnected, semi-autonomous "economic zones" in the West Bank that are a far cry from the contiguous, sovereign state Palestinians want.
The analyst meeting was held at a modest hotel to reassure investors that an eye was being kept to the costs of the endeavor, a far cry from the lavish and delicious buffets the company used to serve up at their annual gathering at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Not only do students receive a full scholarship but, like all keyboard students, Lang got his own Steinway grand in his rooms a far cry from the unheated hovel in downtown Beijing.
This is a far cry from southern India, which has its own thriving film industry.
But it's still a far cry from the vicious and seemingly intractable war in Syria.
Yet attacking narrow special interests is a far cry from embracing economic competition for everyone else.
It was a far cry from what Indiana experienced a week ago in New York.
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