• Whether she lived homeless or whether she lived a wonderful life as a live-in housekeeper, I don't think that was for the 11 years, that was just for the last few years here.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • It is not just a US phenomenon - new urban stars have won the UK's Mercury Music Prize for the best album of the year for the last two years, while even Prince Charles is getting in on the act, hosting an urban music festival in May.

    BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | The rise and rise of urban music

  • So maybe Governor Romney wants to spend the next three years rearguing what we've been arguing about for the last three years, but the Supreme Court has spoken -- we are implementing this law.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • "These families should not be punished for the failure of Congress to act for the last two years since our first call for an increase in the minimum wage, " said Clinton, who accused GOP lawmakers of "milking" the issue with hopes of gaining larger tax cuts under the incoming administration of George W. Bush.

    CNN: Clinton offers 'thank you' for union support

  • But what do you think the world would be like if the stock market was down 88% in the last 2 years or even just flat for the last 2 years?

    FORBES: Will The Bernanke Haters Please Shut Up?

  • Because in just five days -- can you believe, five days -- (applause) -- we have the opportunity to re-elect such a decent, honest man -- (applause) -- a man whose courage and integrity we have seen every day for the last four years, the man I have known and loved for 23 years -- my husband, our President, Barack Obama. (Applause.) That's why we're here.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event

  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the 500 business leaders and mayors who make up the Partnership for a New American Economy have been making the economic case for immigration reform for the last several years.

    CNN: U.S. needs 21st century immigration plan

  • For anyone who has been in seclusion in the High Sierras for the last several years and missed the hype, the Year 2000 computer bug, or Y2K as acronym-enamored technologists like to call it, is the result of a computer programming convention that represents dates with only two digits for the year.

    FORBES: Y2K fear merchants

  • And most important of all, in terms of the health of British public life, a global audience witnessed a small cross-party group of Britain's elected representatives doing what they should have been doing for the last 30 years: holding the press, and Murdoch in particular, accountable for their actions rather than scurrying away like a bunch of frightened rabbits in the glare of News Corp.

    CNN: British politicians rightly close the door to Murdoch

  • "These have been sad times for the Waltons and for my own family for the last 17 years, " he said.

    BBC: Darren Sapstead

  • Barack Obama of Illinois offered this take on the Bush tenure: "This president may occupy the White House but for the last six years the position of 'Leader of the Free World' has remained open, " he said.

    NPR: Democratic Hopefuls Blast Away at Bush

  • And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.

    CNN: Transcript: 'This is your victory,' says Obama

  • "This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years and especially over the last several decades we have been recklessly polluting the protective sheath of atmosphere that surrounds the Earth and protects the conditions that have fostered the flourishing of our civilization, " Gore said in a statement.

    NPR: Greenhouse Gas Milestone; CO2 Levels Set Record

  • This is an award for the European project - for the people and the institutions - that day after day, for the last 60 years, have built a new Europe.

    BBC: Viewpoint: Europe must lead global peace drive - Barroso

  • In fact, studies have shown that if investors were to stay out of the market for the first two years of each presidential term, and then buy and hold for the last two years they would substantially outperform the market over the long-term.

    FORBES: The Presidential Election Cycle Screams, 'Buy!'

  • It is true that we should have little sympathy for some franchises (like the New York Knicks) who for the last 5 years have been one of the least efficiently run teams in all of professional sports with their wasteful spending above the luxury tax threshold.

    FORBES: NFL and NBA Labor Negotiations: Imitation Will Yield Savings

  • For the last three years, revenue has been falling, though it has been improving for the last three quarters.

    FORBES: Martin Whitman's Third Avenue Value Fund: Four New Buys

  • It is the creation of hundreds of engineers working for the last ten years at the best software company in the world.

    FORBES: Why did Apple Fire the Maps Product Manager?

  • Since the early 1980s, there has been a dramatic downturn in gonorrhea cases, but for the last 10 years, the rates have leveled off, especially in African-American populations.

    CNN: STDs still on the rise, report says

  • Each time the same mechanic told her the car belonged to the antique brigade and should have been off the road for the last thirty years at the very least.

    NEWYORKER: The Woman of the House

  • In the absence of Giles, who has taken 140 wickets in his 52 Tests as England's first-choice spinner for the last five years, the tourists are seriously short of experience.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | Giles worry over arthritis in hip

  • On page 84 you can see what the income tax of the company would have been for the last three years if the expense had been 35% reconciled with the actual expense.

    FORBES: How Double Taxed Are Investors ?

  • Despite being under the media microscope for the last four years, the hospital has also had time - and money - to correct the problems on its wards that first brought it to the public's attention.

    BBC: Rebuilding trust at Stafford Hospital

  • This was at the Derby Prelude Party, an event thrown for the last few years by the Louisville-based sisters Tammy York-Day and Tonya York Dees with the hope of drumming up celebrity excitement about the Kentucky Derby.

    WSJ: L.A. Story: Paintings, Ponies, Prizes

  • Unlike the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), who have attacked the institutions of Colombia's democracy from their bases in the mountains for the last 40 years, the ALBA houses are right in the middle of cities and towns.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Ollanta Humala, Peru's worst nightmare

  • The changes may also have much to do with Michael Schumacher's continued domination of F1 - the German, in the Ferrari, has won the drivers championship for the last four years and the first four races of this season.

    BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 teams back revolution

  • But it could also lead to Musharraf's ousting, because most independent analysts here believe that the two pillars of Musharraf's support for the last nine years - the Pakistani army and the United States of America - simply could not back the president were he to do that.

    NPR: Opposition Parties Join over Dislike for Musharraf

  • Although they accept that military action should be taken against al-Qaida and foreign fighters, they say that that action has to be by the Pakistani army within the territory of Pakistan, and that the military approach toward the Taliban that has been used, off and on for the last two years in the tribal areas of Pakistan that border Afghanistan, has proved an unmitigated disaster.

    NPR: Opposition Parties Join over Dislike for Musharraf

  • First, tax-related sales, as investors who have been on the long side of the market for the last three years rush to cash in their chips to benefit for the low tax rates still in effect.

    FORBES: A Big Correction for Gold And Silver

  • The islands have remained uninhabited for the last 82 years, when the last St Kildans were evacuated.

    BBC: Cast away: five island paradises

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