Not so long ago this mill town on the Naugatuck River was an industrial powerhouse.
Not so long ago, offering cash as a gift was a social faux pas.
Not so long ago, government-controlled companies were regarded as half-formed creatures destined for full privatisation.
Not so long ago, the filibuster was practically synonymous with Southern resistance to desegregation.
Not so long ago Burberry management couldn't have imagined getting respect from anyone under, say, 50.
Not so long ago, it seemed as if there was a bank branch on every corner.
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Not so long ago Burberry's management couldn't have imagined getting respect from anyone under, say, 50.
Social shopping, just hype not so long ago, is now being embraced by online retailers.
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The trouble arose in the land of far, far away, but not so long ago.
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In fact, not so long ago, Robertson was swimming in the conservative evangelical mainstream.
Not so long ago, all of the big accounting firms were full-bore tax shelter merchants.
In fact, he bucked the Valley Casual look for an entire year not so long ago.
Not so long ago we had to rely on chance to introduce us to our love matches.
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The Belgian politicians who, not so long ago, took vast kickbacks on arms deals were hardly southern.
Not so long ago Germany seemed the supplicant because of its reliance on Russian oil and gas.
There was a time not so long ago that the Maloofs made Sacramento the NBA's model of success.
Not so long ago, layoffs were concentrated in a few weak sectors: manufacturing, construction, and later mortgage lending.
It is strange that, not so long ago, under Medvedev there was all kinds of blabber about modernization.
Not so long ago, Busch IV couldn't conceive the possibility of not succeeding "the chief, " whom he idolizes.
Not so long ago, the notion of a Conservative Co-operative Movement would have seemed like a contradiction in terms.
People from Sweden, the old rival and not so long ago far richer than Norway, stream in to work.
Not so long ago, there was a tradition in Washington that said politics should stop at the water's edge.
There was a time not so long ago when only policymakers, professional wonks, and business writers cared about the monthly jobs report.
One has to really go to Mindanao to determine what's there and what was not there not so long ago.
Not so long ago it might have been hard to find many executives who thought the euro zone would fracture.
Not so long ago the foreign-policy establishment was virtually a gentleman's club, relegating minorities and women to low-level staff positions.
The 1991 Ford Explorer reminds us of the days, not so long ago, when gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles ruled the American road.
Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only.
It was not so long ago that the Islanders' were the NHL's punch line, and their games were attended by few.
There was a time not so long ago when going to a typical bar in Poland was an altogether different experience.
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