One year ago, the United States financial system was in danger of collapse.

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After Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia one year ago, the only country to follow its lead was Nicaragua.

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Amazon was a wild ride in 2011, and today is worth almost the same as it was one year ago.

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It was one year ago next week that an F4 tornado carved a path right through the town of Tuscaloosa.

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What this number means is that our economy as a whole is in a much better place than it was one year ago.

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