But the lessons to be drawn from the achievements of the decade suggest that the American economy is capable of considerably more than most experts thought only a few years ago.
By contrast, the general demeanor of the other defendants was that of incredulity at being tried; the impression they gave was that they thought only the sheerest, most improbable sort of accident could explain their being haled before a tribunal.
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Most people think only nerve cells have electrical pulses, but almost all cells have membranes perforated with molecular channels and pumps that let charged particles move in and out the essence of an electrical current.
Yet at the mention of Jordan, most people think only of Petra, especially in 2012 when the red-rose city stepped into the limelight for the 200th anniversary of its rediscovery by Swiss explorer Ludwig Burckhard. .
You understand the kind of self-sacrificing, we-can-overcome-anything romance that most people think only exists in movies or nineteenth-century novels.
Henin, a former world No. 1, advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday, something most thought impossible in only her second tournament back after a nearly two-year retirement.
Most people now think only about themselves, and that's the whole thing about gentrification, destroying communities.
In fact, most business owners think only in terms of what it will "cost" them to invest in the staff, or the systems, or the education, or the outside help they need to grow and develop their company.
But most thought those fits of pique lasted only days or weeks.
