Or maybe the Obama recovery was the economic equivalent of a late bloomer.

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See, I'm a late bloomer where the whole mommy bonding thing is concerned.

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Knox had been a "late bloomer" in terms of dating, so news that she had met Raffaele Sollecito made her sister happy.

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By modern standards, Knost is something of a late bloomer as he didn't pick up a golf club until the age of 12.

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Pediatricians said at first that she was simply a late bloomer.

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When it came to opera, however, Rameau was a late bloomer.

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"I was a late bloomer in the music business, " Cale says.

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As a late bloomer, Mr Nilekani argues, India can avoid mistakes made by early industrialisers, such as an overdependence on fossil fuels and unsustainable pension policies.

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For a musician, Lee is something of a late bloomer.

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He was a late bloomer, becoming Boston's starter at age 31, and rather than employ more traditional goaltending techniques (the butterfly style, for instance), Thomas relied on his athleticism and aggressiveness to make saves, using whatever body part happened to be handy to stop the puck.

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It looks like we will fight it out with Houston, Phoenix and Golden State - another late season bloomer - for the two remaining spots.

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