But there has, in fact, been a tectonic shift.
THERE has, in recent years, been much talk of holidays in space.
There has, in fact, been a run of them in recent years.
"So there has in effect never been a regulatory holiday for Deutsche Telekom".
There has, in fact, never been much of a cult surrounding the trader at Merrill.
Sadly, too, there has in recent years been an erosion of this grounded and charming Irishness.
There has, in fact, been more vehement condemnation of the attack that killed a murderous militant than of the violence he himself wrought across Pakistan.
There has, in particular, been a long-running question about whether individuals accused of rape or sexual assault ought to be granted the same protection.
There has, in recent years, been increasing effort to promote conversations about death and dying, both in the home and in more public settings.
Worse, the quest for perfection, for always getting it right and using technology to get there, has in some ways made us soft and lazy.
And there has in fact been nothing so far to match the behavior of Tea Party crowds in the summer of 2009.
