"This [Texas] display has stood apparently uncontested for nearly two generations.
For nearly two generations, no American has been obligated to join up, and few do.
Libyan authors have lived and worked under the hot breath of the dictatorship for nearly two generations now.
But after nearly two generations of contentious and equivocal compromise over slavery, many northerners were leaving that earlier world behind.
Nearly two generations after the unlikely artists' colony was established, a legal battle with the Italian government over who owns the properties has intruded on the sunny Bohemia.
For nearly two generations, no company has been worse than Walmart when it comes to suppressing the rights of workers to stand together on the job.
Inheriting the same part nearly two generations later, the musicals actress Jill Halfpenny ("Chicago") cuts an especially comely figure in floor-length green.
For nearly three generations, women have been taught that annual Pap smears, mammograms and visits with their doctor were essential to good health.
Predating Helen Keller by nearly two generations, Bridgman was well known for her ability to exchange conversation with teachers, family, peers, and a curious public.
Despite his appearances on television, Thomas' principal medium was radio, and his nightly news broadcasts were an American institution for nearly two generations.
Nearly three generations later, when I visited her in November, she was living in the same 14th-floor apartment, where she paid about $1,000 a month in rent.
