Today its assets would have to be written down by 5% for the knackers yard to beckon.
It was only when these declined that British identity started to come apart, and Europe to beckon once more.
Yes, yes, I know: Brooklyn is geographically part of Long Island, and that means that the Islanders will keep their name and their logo, a comfort, I am sure, to all of those Isles-regalia-sporting fans who will, in a few years, need to decide whether the charms of a brand-new arena are enough to beckon them westward to watch their team play.
If not, the alternate, passenger-train-ready BNSF tracks many miles to the south beckon.
As soon as travelers arrive in the lobby, the breathtaking views of stunningly clear, Caribbean waters beckon guests to the sea.
Might foreign firms, less subject to these pressures, beckon?
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Those markets beckon a small country which continues to struggle economically.
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But the classes highlight one struggle in the journey to Nirvana: The pleasures of the flesh still beckon.
But when they are combined with a 50% tax rate on higher incomes introduced in 2010, curbs on the immigration of skilled employees and regular tongue-lashings delivered against finance by politicians and policymakers, they will probably weigh against financial firms moving to or expanding in London when other financial centres beckon.
If Greece then refuses to run big surpluses, a second round of debt restructuring would beckon.
But if you want to settle down with a partner, the suburbs and the heartland beckon.
Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods and can live anywhere, it is easy to see why a no tax state like Texas or Florida would beckon.
Further east more dramatic cliffs beckon: the day walk (12km) from Alfriston to Eastbourne rollercoasters over the Seven Sisters, a series of chalk-white, up-down cliffs that would make Dame Vera Lynn burst into song.
After a meal this rich, one begins to understand why the Romans ate while reclining, and lighter dessert options beckon, like the silky disk of panna cotta or the fresh berry sorbetto.
Away from the waterfront, the hills of Sausalito beckon via the steep staircase on Excelsior Lane, opposite the little park next to the ferry terminal.
Thanks to Carl Schramm, Robert Litan and the legacy of Ewing Marion Kauffman himself, new directions beckon.
Once the capability to go existed, the prospect of regular visits, and then a permanent colony, would beckon.
That creates a particularly appeasement-prone environment, as no newly elected leader wishes to spend political capital on a foreign policy crisis created by North Korea when many other pressing domestic issues beckon.
Virtual tschotskes beckon: Instead of selling generic virtual "gifts" like Facebook does, later this autumn Bianchini aims to give users the ability to design their own virtual presents and sell those (vampire love-bites, anyone?).
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