There are the recreational runners who train for years to make the qualifying time, then spend anotheryear preparing for the hilly trip from Hopkinton to Boston's Back Bay.
To avoid the debt limit crisis, Congress could also extend federal borrowing authority for one year to give lawmakers time to turn those goals into law, then increase it foranotheryear once the spending and tax changes are adopted.
Bears, meanwhile, can gloat over the fact that major crashes have occurred at roughly halving intervals - 89 years, 38 years, 18 years, 10 years - making this yeartimeforanother quake.