Paul and I gave our dueling takes at a Forbes.com marketing summit in Cancun a few days ago.
In Barcelona a few days ago, Volvo demonstrated a platoon of autonomous cars on a motorway.
In Johannesburg a few days ago a friend who happens to be white brought up the same subject.
Another friend tells me he was sitting in a tiny cafe having coffee a few days ago, when a young man in his 20s turned up, pale and shaken.
Bishop Welby will need to use the media to tackle public scepticism about Christianity from the basics upwards, something that Dr Williams touched on in a speech a few days ago.
As I noted in a post a few days ago, the company was recently the subject of a bearish screed on Seeking Alpha by investor Whitney Tilson, to which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings responded in a point-by-point rebuttal of his own.
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"This is a little girl who until a few days ago in all our minds was a child that was perfectly healthy so everybody here is in a deep state of shock and with just a few days to go until the end of term, we've decided it's in the best interests of all involved, " he said.
And I was pleased that Democrats and Republicans in Congress came together a few days ago and passed a plan to cut spending and keep the government running for two more weeks.
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The owl is a threatened species, and until a few days ago its presence in fire-scorched Miller Canyon was a matter of speculation.
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In fact, I was tweeting with Mark Suster a few days ago, a two time entrepreneur turned prominent VC located in LA. He posted a picture that showed 868 unread emails, which he said, is a good day.
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So in a way, Chrysler fulfilled predictions I made a few days ago about the two brands and vehicles that it might feature in Super Bowl ads on which the company managed to keep a tight lid right up until the day of the Big Game.
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He revealed he had spoken to Lewis and his father a few days ago in Australia.
Indeed, just a few days ago in Greece, protesters greeted the German leader - on an official visit - with Nazi salutes.
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Marco Antonio Siqueira Costa said the last time he saw his brother, sister-in-law and niece was a few days ago, before mud buried their house.
Sony's Alpha A58 and NEX-3N broke cover just a few days ago in rogue press shots, and now the firm's European branch has made the duo official.
I'm saying that -- I'm saying that the Secret Service, in the statement that they released a few days ago, acknowledged that that didn't happen and that that was a mistake.
The importance of dominance in individual sports came into focus a few days ago, when the observation surfaced on Twitter apparently from the account of a user named Joshua Kay, and re-Tweeted with a "Wow!!"
Then, a few days ago in London we met again at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare hosted by the British Medical Journal and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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And it's very important -- contrary to suggestions that we heard a few days ago in this room -- that the President of the United States engage with the American people about these critical debates that affect their future.
The military's liquidation of Osama bin Laden a few days ago in a million-dollar, heavily secured compound close by a Pakistani military academy has brought home to many what had previously been understood by only a few: One of the nations officially deemed a key ally in the so-called "War on Terror" has been playing us for fools.
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In case you were on a remote island a couple of days ago, Apple dedicated a few hours to the iPhone 5 with an event in chilly northern California.
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Zhang at Massey University in New Zealand, was just released a few days ago.
The report was published a few days ago, in the context of fiscal austerity and attacks on companies that avoid paying their fair share of tax.
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The President, again, as you heard him say a few days ago, in meeting with Secretary Napolitano and Administrator Pistole has said, our goal must be to maximize protection and security and minimize inconvenience and invasiveness.
He is obviously a lot more high profile and could be more significant because so much of his work is international and he's paid by foreign entities to do the work he has, including just a few days ago, getting a ton of money to speak in (unintelligible).
And in preparation for the possibility of this a few days ago, obviously equipment was taken off of the Enterprise, which I think Thad Allen said yesterday would delay the next step in the containment, which is a helix device that will increase our capability off of the second line coming up from -- in addition to the top hat.
Earlier on Thursday, Mr Blair said the situation in Afghanistan was "infinitely better" than a few days ago, despite unconfirmed reports of Northern Alliance atrocities.
But Barbara appealed, and the United States Court of Appeals just heard oral arguments about the case a few days ago (just in time for Thanksgiving, in fact).
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His campaign and, indeed, the American public have just been hit by a double whammy of reports on the economy that portend an even worse picture in the weeks ahead than everyone figured on just a few days ago.
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As I noted in a piece posted here at the Policy Page a few days ago, there is much more to the Pakistan- United States relationship than meets the eye and efforts to deny the difficulties faced by Pakistan authorities for allying with the United States are self-serving and counter-productive to the war against terrorism.
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