"This has been preceded by a slow-motion recession.
The anniversary has been preceded by scores of detentions, with others placed under house arrest.
But it has been preceded by months of turbulence and sharp-elbowed political manoeuvrings.
"Every recession since 1970 has been preceded by this combination," Mr. Kasriel said.
Every coffee, every cake, every toastie, every conversation I've had with Mari has been preceded by a good swim.
Every World Cup since the second, in 1979, has been preceded by qualifiers for non-test nations.
No wonder Smeal has been preceded by a number of schools, including Columbia, Wharton, Harvard, Tuck, Fuqua, and Booth.
The announcement of almost every large deal in recent weeks has been preceded by suspicious trading spikes.
Everywhere it's been on its endless relay, the Olympic torch has been preceded by trucks touting Coke, Samsung and Lloyds.
And in fact, Mr. Kelly's reaction has been preceded, over the past 100 years or so, by similar reactions to the introduction of motion pictures, radio and television.
Prof. John Taylor of Stanford points out that "the start of every recession since World War II has been preceded by a run-up of inflation".
