Some critics deride the senate as a retirement home for has-been politicians and party hacks.
But nobody wants to be thought of as a has-been in the making.
The man was 65-years old and until a year earlier was generally considered to be a crackpot and a political has-been.
Remember when Gap was relegated to has-been status in the early 1990s?
Most of the reports of his death treated Mughniyeh as a has-been.
Today he stands to earn millions after deftly navigating his firm through an investment in Polaroid, the has-been instant camera company that filed for bankruptcy in 2001.
Though Japan is often cast as a has-been in Asia as it has been battling a years-long slump, corporate balance sheets are in good shape and flush with cash.
So is Morrissey the kindly uncle of pop who can still soothe angst-ridden teenagers, or an 80s has-been who should ditch the introspection and do something less boring instead?
But Connie Minor, a has-been newspaperman, finds himself involved in numerous intrigues and mysteries (including the attempted assassination of union biggie Walter Reuther) with all sorts of well-drawn, colorful characters.
Luke Ravenstahl, that has-been at the age of 33...
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These condemnations were not nostalgic pinings for a has-been.
Then, you get it to the nearest TV network and run it somewhere between a show about a bunch of airplane crash victims lost on an island, and some has-been stars that now make their living ballroom dancing.
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This reliance on has-been brands could explain why former Target executive Michael Francis left JC Penney after only eight months and was just named chief global brand officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG ( DWA), according to the Wall Street Journal.
Only in the world of personal computers could a company like Apple, essentially a has-been reduced to a miniscule market share, introduce a throwback model distinguished only by a differently colored plastic box, and have it treated by the media as if it was a history-making event.
Bonds has never been - Bonds has been capable of great charm, but he shows it rarely.
As we mark the 100th anniversary of Rosa Parks's birth, we celebrate the life of a genuine American hero and remind ourselves that although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.
Helmand province -- where British troops have been based -- has been a militant stronghold and a poppy-growing region that helps fund the insurgency.
And, for example, the campaign in Marja has been -- has taken longer and been more difficult that we anticipated, but the reality is we have made significant progress at this point.
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The nasty way that this crisis has been resolved - and the message that has now been sent to private creditors - may well have lasting implications, even if the agonies of the Cyprus economy do not.
Mr. Clinton -- who has not been charged -- has steadfastly denied the accusation.
But I don't -- nothing has been made -- no decisions have been made at this point.
The official in the first charge cannot be identified for legal reasons, and the second - who has not been named - is understood to have been either a member of the armed forces or a Ministry of Defence employee.
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And our appreciation has been about -- the last, even just in this market, has been a half-a-percent-a-year appreciation -- half-a-percent a month.
The seamer - who has not featured for England since their first Test defeat to New Zealand in Hamilton in March - has been sidelined for two-and-a-half weeks after Steve Harmison broke his thumb.
But as the UK has got safer and healthier, the force-of-mortality has been decreasing for decades, so that life expectancy has been rising at about three months a year - it's odd to think we have been essentially ageing only nine months for each year that passes.
Of course, this rumor's been through the mill before -- and has already been killed off -- so it's hard to say whether this is something Apple is actively working on or has been shelved.
Look, I think there's -- there has been -- obviously, the Treasury has talked about taking responsibility for knowing more about the timeline.
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