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" ... Lovecraft refers to the creatures only as the Elder Things. Like the terrifying Cthulhu, the Elder Things predate by millions of years the human race. Lovecraft also suggests in his tales the possibility that his creatures are not yet dead, just sleeping underground, still waiting to be one day unearthed by paleontologists. ... "
" ... Observers know that the Navy’s recent problems with ship-handling, disease control and fire prevention all predate the “Fat Leonard” disciplinary process. ... "
" ... Over the past decade or so, we have witnessed the demise of many iconic retailers, including Borders, Circuit City, Blockbuster, Fortunoff’s, Bonwit Teller, Bombay Company, Wilson’s Leather, Sports Authority, The Limited, B. Dalton Booksellers, Tower Records, FAO Schwarz, The Sharper Image, and others. But although brands can easily fall and disappear from the market, they are not so easily erased from our memories. There are many possible reasons for a brand’s demise and disappearance, but usually bad management decisions and the inability to keep up with changes in the marketplace are at the root of the problem (for example, Blockbuster never saw Netflix coming). In the case of TRU, Walmart and Amazon beat them on price as well as online. TRU’s stores needed upgrades as did their website. The customer experience in the stores was miserable. And customer experience is one of the arrows in a brick and mortar retailer’s quiver when combating online retailing. TRU failed to keep up with the changes in the marketplace. But TRU’s problems predate the stiff competition that developed in the marketplace. In fact, years ago they knew what they had to do, but the debt prevented them from having the funds to make the necessary changes to their store experience and their website. They started to fall behind ten years ago and the rapidly changing retail landscape accelerated TRU’s demise. Management couldn’t afford to make the decisions that needed to be made. The financial challenges were simply too great to overcome. ... "
" ... The gardens predate the Palace. In the English Civil war, from 1642 to 1651, it was the site of the Goring Gardens where some of Cromwell’s Parliamentary troops were stationed, only becoming parkland when Buckingham House, a precursor of the palace, was built in 1703. Today, the garden may be designed to look pastoral, but Queen Charlotte created a zoo in the grounds in 1762, including an elephant, monkeys and one of the first zebras to come to Britain. Some more exotic creatres survived until later; the palace had resident flamingos until the entire flock was killed by a fox in 1996. ... "
" ... “I'm not sure whether this will spare them [from deportation], but it certainly ought to,” Cal NORML Director Dale Gieringer says. “Their convictions predate Prop. 64, and should be eligible for expungement—in any case.” ... "