After all, you were my wife, Elena, and we had once been able to understand each other.
The dams also created lakes so large that they were difficult to bridge, thus isolating reservation communities whose residents had once been able to visit with relative ease.
Though her heart and lungs had survived, her brain — the brain that had once been able to recall my birthday, my middle name and the red dress I wore for Christmas in 1990 — had not.
Washington may have once been able to overlook Riyadh's other affections; indeed, during the 1980's, the Reagan administration thought it could harness Saudi radicalism for use against the Soviet empire.
Investigators with the New York Police Department said the stolen keys had once been able to open cockpit doors, but with tightened security after Sept. 11, the keys now unlock only an overhead bin where an emergency defibrillator is stored.
For example, many who specialize in Java, a widely used programming language used to design Web pages and other Internet applications, had once been able pick and choose among companies and projects.
