Yet the automaker's overhaul is a reminder that the economic expansion, which began in June 2009, already is the second-longest since modern records began in 1854.
Noble, an American company that has so far dominated Israel's production, says that gas from its Tamar field, which began flowing this year, already supplies 45% of the country's electricity.
But the late humiliation rounded off a truly miserable afternoon which began when an already depleted Chiefs pack learned that influential captain Dean Mumm was missing after failing a late fitness test.
Miller described the program, which began only two years ago and already involves almost 50 students.
The shipping downturn, which began in 2008, has already driven several large fleet operators into bankruptcy.
Even before its planned start, the festival, which began in 1976, was already deeply engaged politically.
But the current rally in small stocks, which began in April 1999, is already 5.2 years old.
Mr. Marino, 57, president of Rite-Solutions, says the market, which began in January 2005, has already paid big dividends.
That campaign, which began in November, has already received more than $11.7 million in donated media through May, she added.
But @InvisibleObama, which began on Aug. 30, already dwarfs them both, with almost 69,700 followers; there is also a complementary presence on Facebook.
The Postal Service, which lost $2.8 billion last fiscal year and $2.3 billion in the first two quarters of 2009 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, has already moved to cut costs.
