Sentences with phrase «for decades before»

I was an LO for decades before I began writing syndicated mortgage columns, and my husband is still in mortgage lending — has worked for big companies like B of A and Countrywide and smaller local companies, and I can tell you that there are no advantages specific to going with a bigger company.

Although not blighted now, the Fort Trumbull neighborhood in New London, Conn., was blighted for decades before the U.S. Supreme Court made its decision giving the city the OK to condemn properties for development («Resources coming in wake of property rights decision,» August 2005, page 13).

Some were in a sexless marriage that lasted for decades before they found their true sexual selves.

I am flabbergasted at the number of my divorced male friends who said that they lived in a sexless marriage, sometimes the «dry spell» went on for decades before they finally had enough and filed for divorce.

They could pay premiums on that policy for decades before their family will need to file a claim.

The M&A market had been active for decades before the World Cup and the Olympics took place.

One of my professors, a person who had practiced law for decades before accepting a post at the law school, wanted his students to understand this.

Incandescent light technology had been developing for decades before Edison dove into the heated race to build a better bulb.

This particularly virulent form of cancer can grow for decades before being discovered.

Helen Ackley and her family lived in a modest home Nyack, New York for decades before putting it on the market.

Anthropologists have been exploring the the desire to belong as a universal human trait for decades before social media existed.

But the key events leading to the primary conversion of forests often proceed for decades before they can be detected by satellite imagery.

Neel was often on the dole, and made great paintings for decades before fame found her in the mid-1970s, when she had only another ten years to work.

They rode a wave that would last for decades before finally finishing the arc of its travel.

The critic and curator Robert Storr knew Louise Bourgeois personally for decades before her death in 2010 at 98.

It was one of the most memorable gaming hoaxes in general, since it was from a time where content could really lie unused in a game for decades before getting discovered.

He worked on the innovative series for decades before parting ways with developer Konami in 2015.

Tanzania is one of those places I'd dreamed about for decades before we visited in 2015.

And they're certainly not making many friends at all within the front line community that has been saving lives for DECADES before APA!

Older investors, on the other hand, missed out by not having the TFSA option for decades before they were introduced; plus, if they had good corporate pension plans to boot, they may have maxed out on their RRSP room and therefore felt «forced» to put excess savings into non-registered plans.

Many consider Warren Buffett as a great example of a successful value investor and Mr Buffett does ask the question if he will be comfortable holding a company for decades before he decides on making an investment in the stock.

By contributing more early, the long - term performance should improve, especially for a 401 (k) account which I will hold for decades before withdrawing any money out of it.

Fantasy author Joseph Malik has been writing for decades before he turned to self - publishing.

Two incidents from my reporting days on the Miami Herald lurked in my imagination for decades before they finally bubbled up into Emma Gant's determined pursuit of Ginevra Snow, the young ex-madam known as «Queen of the Underworld.»

The two Fords had been kept as a pair in the same garage for decades before going their separate ways.

Clearly, at least some people have been concerned about the pragmatism of public pensions for decades before our current crisis.

Before Hollywood adapted Blade, Spawn, and Steel from their respective Marvel and DC Comics franchises, the black superhero tradition in TV and film was decidedly less mainstream, even as Hollywood adapted the white comic heroes Superman and Batman into blockbusters for decades before the modern superhero movie boom began in earnest.

He'd been all these things for decades before he dipped his toe into the circus industry, but what fun is that story?

Nevertheless, they owe a big debt of gratitude to the mostly unsung Suffragettes who made great sacrifices for decades before securing that hard - fought right.

Quixotically refusing to defend his championship, Fischer became a virtual recluse for decades before resurfacing for a bizarre final chapter as a fugitive from US justice.

but I will say this, idiots and assholes were going down to Vegas to do crazy dumb shit for decades before the «What Happens in Vegas...» commercials.

idiots and assholes were going down to Vegas to do crazy dumb shit for decades before the «What Happens in Vegas...» commercials.

Two of my friends are currently dating or in a relationship with men whom they had known in high school, but had not seen or spoken with for decades before the reconnection occurred.

The Zika virus, first discovered in 1957, was thought to be harmless for decades before the link with microcephaly emerged in recent months.

What seems most incongruous, is that Shire City can force others to stop selling a product that we, an herbal community, created, made popular, and sold for decades before these people were even born.

In most instances, insulin resistance has been present for decades before an individual is found to be diabetic.

For all I know the Mighty Atom or Slim The Hammer Man might have been doing this for decades before I even knew what Grip training was.

Thyroid antibodies are often elevated for decades before a change in TSH is seen in Hashimoto's.

However, food manufactures widely used hydrogenated fats for decades before the very damaging effects to cardiovascular health became widely known!

Frank Grillo has worked steadily for decades before receiving some serious attention thanks to his outstanding performances in «Warrior», «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» and «The Purge: Anarchy», where he plays the perfect antihero.

Your body has been prepared for the menopausal cliff for decades before, and it will pay future dividends for you to understand the more subtle hormone imbalances that begin as early as your late 20s.

There, in about a third of victims, they damage the organs for decades before causing potentially lethal heart disease.

Based on an analysis of the trunk, the palm appears to grow for decades before exploding with nectar - rich blossoms that develop into fruit, deplete the plant's nutrients, and cause it to collapse.

Exquisite telescopic photographs of the lunar surface had existed for decades before the Apollo missions to the Moon, but they did not resolve the controversy of the origin of lunar craters were they formed by meteorite impact or by volcanic eruption?

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can linger for decades before causing any symptoms, but eventually it can severely damage the liver, leading to death without treatment.

For decades before her death, she had a habit of cutting her hair, dating it, and putting it in her diary.

Polkinghorne pondered this problem for decades before finding a work - around in the byways of chaos theory, a branch of mathematics that describes the underlying order in large, seemingly unpredictable systems, from weather to economics.

Stefanik hopes to return the North Country's seat in Congress to the Republican side of the aisle as it had been for decades before Democrat Bill Owens won three times.

Coins are currency too, and it was on all commonly used coins for decades before the cold war.

Each of these districts had been represented by Republicans for decades before the current members won their first elections.