Things were better long ago.

NEW YORK Long ago, I worked as an analyst on Wall Street.

It is an Islamic legal system that had been used long before the colonial administration.

Most Americans income and wealth are below their levels long before the crisis.

NEW YORK Long ago, I used to run a conference called PC Forum.

But, already before the recent debt ceiling imbroglio, the dollar had begun to lose its luster.

All experts were urged to send contributions to the core members well before 1 May 2005.

Let me recall that not long ago even some European countries faced terrorism.

This design was unintentional as the city was founded over 1,500 years ago, a long time before the invention of the automobile.

The Carraresi period was a long period of restlessness, for the Carraresi were constantly at war.

While the Great Recession has exacerbated these trends, they were apparent long before its onset.

But one thing is certain they will render their verdict long before his enormous avatar is placed on its pedestal.

And the trickery began long before voting day, with nine opposition parties prevented from even appearing on the ballot.

In other words, it is theoretically possible that before too long we will be biotechnologically capable of creating human beings that glow in the dark.

What we do know is that China should have begun exiting gradually from US government securities long ago.

As mentioned earlier, the United Nations has long been a champion in this area, in the development of a number of important legal instruments.

In many other States, such systems are legitimate financial systems that have existed since long before the development of modern banking services.

And I had my vision restored, but not before a prolonged period of convalescence three months in a head down position.

The movie is set in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s 1980s, the golden age of the paper, before it started its long decaying period.

Chicago has long been a home for many European immigrants.

Long before ISIS had seized the city and war had broken out in Syria, putting heritage sites at accelerated risk, one initiative was working to document Palmyra's archaeological wonders.

But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing.

Banks in Kazakhstan have experienced a lengthy period of political stability and economic growth.

It was constructed over a longer period of time, and contains different layers of writing.

Otherwise, we can expect a long period of stagnation, punctuated by periodic financial crises.

It was difficult, however, to follow the ramifications of certain acts over a long period.

The Italians, with their advanced technology, may have influenced the invention of the stone tented roof (the wooden tents were known in Russia and Europe long before).

The process of conversion of Iranians to Islam which followed was prolonged and gradual.

It is increasingly difficult to justify a prolonged period of inactivity in the Conference on Disarmament.

During much of the previous century, governments provided the vast majority of infrastructure.

By the usual standards of financial crises, three years is a long time.

It's been too long since Egyptian bloggers came together under the same opinion.

He had gone to the forest long before to meditate.

Historically, urban issues had been marginalized in the development agenda.

For losses which occurred over an extended period, the Panel has used the rate which represents the mean of the monthly rates during the period of the losses.

Almost all developed economies have left recession far behind, and the danger of deflation has disappeared.

The bad news is that ten years is a long time.

Horses can become anxious or stressed if there are long periods of time between meals.

The survivors find themselves on a mysterious tropical island, and interact with a group known as the Others, who appear to have lived on the island since long before the crash.

America s current fiscal problems are rooted in a long period of unfunded spending.

No one is proposing to renationalize industries or to take back that housing. Trade union power was permanently broken after long and painful national strikes.

In 1998, after a long trial, Dargaud lost the rights to publish and sell the albums.

(2) If the breakdown is of such severity as to necessitate a long period of rest and treatment in the United Kingdom.

But this trust was not undermined only yesterday it happened long before. The roots of the current situation lie in the events of the 1990s.

Soviet communism was doomed long before then, when, as Amalrik predicted, the communist myth finally died in the hearts and minds of ordinary people and officials alike.